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Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 18 passengers from a commercial bus in the Ibarapa axis of Oyo State.
The passengers were said to be coming from Ogun State into the state.
The abduction occurred on Thursday morning along Eruwa-Igboora way.
The Secretary of the Farmers Union in Ibarapa, Taiwo Adeagbo, confirmed the incident.
“The bus is still beside the road there between Eruwa and Igboora. I have told the police, I told our senator and others. I am saddened by these happenings,” he told Punch newspaper.
The Convener of Igangan Development Advocates, Oladiran Oladokun, also confirmed the development.
But police command in the community, was yet to react to the incident as at press time.
