Gunmen on Thursday morning hijacked a bus belonging to a
school in Oba Ile Estate of Akure north LGA of Ondo state.
It was gathered that the gunmen abducted a staff member who was
on duty to convey students to school.
The incident occurred around 7am while the driver and the
abducted staff member were moving around to pick up pupils.
A witness said the gunmen numbering about eight who were on
motorcycles, surrounded the vehicle with registration number Lagos LSD 853 FJ,
forcing the driver to stop.
He said the men dragged the driver down from the vehicle and
threatened to kill him.
The bus was later driven away by one of the hijackers while
others left the scene on motorcycles.
“The driver and the attendant were about to pick the first
student when the incident happened. The gunmen rounded the vehicle and came
down with dangerous weapons,” the witness said.
“The driver was
dragged down from the bus while one of them take the driver’s seat and drove
off with the attendant in the bus.
“The whereabouts of the attendant is still unknown but we
have reported the incident at the Oba ile Police station.
“This is the first time we are experiencing this kind of
situation here. It is quite unfortunate.”
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