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From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed the Divisional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Alhaji Yunusa Onu, in a fresh attack along the Itobe–Ochadamu Expressway.
The incident, it was learnt occurred on Thursday, around Ojuwo Olijo in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, when the APC chairman was returning from Lokoja, the state capital from a meeting.
An eyewitness account said the gunmen reportedly emerged from the surrounding bush and blocked the highway, forcing motorists to stop.
The APC chairman was said to have attempted to escape by running into the bush, but the attackers reportedly shot him. His body was later recovered and evacuated to Grimard Hospital, Anyigba, for autopsy.
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Confirming the incident, the Kogi State Police Command, said armed assailants attacked motorists along the Itobe–Ochadamu Expressway at about 5pm on Thursday.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, a blue Toyota Corolla, with registration number GWA 636 CH, was found abandoned along the highway. She said the driver, identified as Hon. Ishaq Yunusa, was found dead in the vehicle, while another occupant was abducted into the bush by the attackers.
Meanwhile, the Police Command has confirmed a separate abduction incident along the Aloma–Egane Expressway in Ofu LGA on Wednesday, August 26. The incident occurred at about 4:40pm around Ogene Zaria, near the Ogene Zaria/Onicha-Igo Junction, when armed hoodlums reportedly emerged from the bush, blocked two buses travelling in opposite directions and abducted some passengers. The police said some of the passengers escaped into the surrounding bush. Following a distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, Ofu, led a joint security team to the scene, where two abandoned vehicles, a Peace Mass Transit white Toyota Hummer bus and a yellow 18-seater bus, were recovered. The subsequent bush-combing and rescue operation led to the recovery of 11 abducted victims, including the drivers of the two buses. The statement said Preliminary debriefing showed that most of the rescued victims were National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja.
The rescued victims were debriefed and later allowed to continue their journey.
