From Emmanuel Adeyemi,Lokoja

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted passengers of an 18-seater bus coming from the South East and heading to Abuja and marched all of them to the forest.

The incident was said to have occured on Tuesday evening along  the Itobe/ Ochadamu road in Kogi East Senatorial District of the state

Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened around 5pm on Tuesday when the fully loaded Hummer Toyota bus with registration number: LAM 979 LG was hijacked at Ajegwu before Ochadamu and all occupants were taken into the bush.

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A witness told journalists that the kidnappers intercepted the vehicle just behind his car and marched the bus occupants into the bush.

Kogi  State Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), SP William Aya, said the command was still compiling information from the DPO in charge of the area.

He promised to get back to our correspondent as soon as he would get  the details of the incident.

The state in the recent weeks has been experiencing series of kidnappings and cases of banditry from across the three senatorial districts of the state.