By Dada Ahmed.
Unknown gunmen have killed two passengers of an 18-seater commercial bus and abducted others on Obbo Ayegunle- Osi-road in Kwara state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Police Command in the state, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, made the disclosure in a statement he signed and a copy available to The Reporters on Sunday.
He said that the command got information about incident on Saturday, to the effect that at about 1700hrs same day, unknown armed men forcefully attacked an 18- seater commercial bus with REG NO XC 167 MUN, along Obbo Ayegunle- Osi-road.
Ajayi added that available information at the disposal of the command showed that gunmen shot into the vehicle and fatally injured the driver, simply identified as Akeem and one Mama Ariye while they abducted yet to be specified numbers of passengers of the vehicle.
“On receipt of the information by the police in Obbo Ayegunle, policemen, vigilante, local hunters and available members of sister agencies on ground immediately raced to the scene. Bodies of the dead were retrieved and deposited at Caronsi Hospital mortuary for autopsy while they stormed the bushes in an effort to get the victims rescued.
“The Commissioner of police, Cp Tuesday Assayomo,on hearing of the unfortunate incident, directed that a massive manhunt for the perpetrators of the heinous crime must commence.
“He, therefore, gave a marching order to the Area Commander and the Divisional Police officers covering the area to move into the bushes to ensure that the kidnapped victims were rescued and the kidnappers arrested,”he said.
Ajayi qouted his boss as empathizing with the families of the deceased adding the CP assured that the perpetrators of the crime would be smoked out from wherever they may be hiding.
According to the police image maker the CP Assayomo had directed a-24 hourly patrol of the area in conjunction with other sister security agencies to boost the confidence of the people and prevent any further attack in the area.
