Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 intercepted a school bus conveying pupils home after school hours around Ikpeshi community in Igarra-Auchi road, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State and kidnapped two pupils.
It was gathered that the incident which involved pupils of Glory Land Group of Schools, occurred around 5.35 p.m.
PM News reports that the victims were returning to Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, after the close of school when they were ambushed by the gunmen.
The spokesman for Edo police command in the state, SP Kontongs Bello, confirmed the abduction. He added that police operatives, soldiers and vigilantes were combing bushes in an effort to rescue the pupils.
“Two students were kidnapped but efforts are on to rescue them unhurt.
‘’Men of the Nigeria Police, soldiers and vigilantes are already combing bushes to rescue the students,” he said.
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