Police rescue five abducted Benue passengers, 13 still held 

The Benue State Commissioner of Police, Ifeanyi Emenari, on Friday said five passengers abducted along the Makurdi–Otukpo road had been rescued.

The victims were among the passengers attacked on Wednesday night while travelling in a Benue Links bus.

Emenari, who spoke with journalists in Makurdi, said 13 victims were still in captivity.

He explained that 18 passengers, including the driver, were in the vehicle when it was attacked.

According to him, three passengers were not taken by the abductors, while two escaped, leaving 13 in captivity.

“For now, we cannot say this is what happened because the Benue Links bus driver picked those passengers up along the road.

“So, the five of them that were rescued so far, none of them are JAMB candidates. And from our questions, too, when we were debriefing the people that were rescued, there is no indication that they are JAMB candidates. But we suspect that one or two of them might be JAMB candidates. Punch