Husband, 5 others abducted while conveying wife’s corpse to Benue.
Witnesses said that the incident occurred on Friday at about 8pm when the mourners, […] A bereaved husband and five other persons conveying his wife’s corpse from Kano State to her hometown in Okpoga, Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, have been abducted by armed men along Adoka Road in Otukpo LGA of the state.
Some residents of the area, alleged that they woke up to discover an abandoned corpse on the middle of the road and, upon closer inspection, realised that the occupants of the vehicle conveying the deceased had been whisked away by the attackers.
They alleged that officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) arrived at the scene on Saturday morning, evacuated the corpse and deposited it at a morgue in Adoka town.
Gov Yusuf appoints spokesperson as commissioner Police gun down 2 suspected kidnappers, recover AK-47 in Delta When contacted, the FRSC Information Officer, Ahula, said the officials were in a meeting but promised to obtain details of the incident and get back to our correspondent. an Idoma social media influencer, Meddy Olotu, claimed to have spoken with members of the bereaved husband’s family, who disclosed that the kidnappers had opened communication and were demanding N15 million for the release of the six abducted persons. Olotu said the victims were intercepted and taken away while the corpse was abandoned at the roadside in their own homes state by the abductors after travelling all the way from Kano, just as the family members were preparing to receive the corpse for burial. “They were heading to Okpoga to bury their dead when they were intercepted along Adoka road.
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