By Osahon Osahon
Nine out of the 12 victims who were kidnapped from an 18-seater passenger bus in Ondo State, have been rescued by the State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps.
The State Commander of the security outfit, Adetunji Adeleye, has disclosed.
Adeleye added that effort is ongoing towards rescuing the three other victims unhurt.
It would be recalled that the kidnappers attacked the Lagos-bound bus which was transiting through the state from Abuja.
The hoodlums allegedly way laid the travellers at a failed portion of the Idoani-Ifira road in Akoko South East Local Government Area of the State.
They kidnapped the passengers after shooting sporadically into the air forcing the bus to stop.
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Narrating how the passengers were rescued, the Amotekun boss said the gunshots from their abductors attracted the operatives of the Corps in the area, and they immediately swung into action.
Adeleye said his men are still combing the forest in a bid to free the remaining victims.
On his part, the Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Olufunmi Odunlami, said the anti-kidnapping unit of the Command was already working with sister agencies in the state to ensure that the travellers are rescued unhurt.
Meanwhile, a community leader in Ifira Akoko, Chief Boboye Ojomo blamed the incessant robberies and kidnappings within the axis to the poor state of the road which had for long been in deplorable condition.
Ojomo told DAILY POST that the federal road from Ipele to Idoani and Isua Akoko had been abandoned by the contractors handling the project.
