Nine people were kidnapped while travelling along Kabba-Lokoja Road in Kogi State. They include two women, four men, and two female students.
According to sources, the abduction occurred on Saturday at 4:30 p.m., when the passengers, who were on their way from Kabba to Lokoja for a church conference, were detained and carried into the neighbouring bush.
According to reports, the victims, all members of the Jehovah Witness group, left Kabba’s Kingdom Hall.
The spouse of one of the victims, Elupo Eliazer, told journalists that the kidnappers had contacted the family with their demands.
“They called to demand first for N30 million but later reduced it to N2.6 million after negotiation.
“My wife and I were travelling to attend our church convention scheduled for Lokoja, but I decided to follow a different vehicle as the Toyota bus could not contain all of us, else I would have been in the car with her,” Eliazer told Vanguard.
Eliazer, a person with a disability, mentioned that the vehicle his wife was in had already passed the one he was travelling in.
However, all the passengers on the bus had been taken into the bush by the time his vehicle arrived at the location. He also stated that the kidnappers had threatened them not to contact the police.