Terrorists have reportedly killed one person and abducted seven other travellers along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway.
The terrorists were said to have attacked the travellers in between the Ilisan, Ceplast industry and Iperu junction axis of the expressway on Friday.
A viral audio from one of the victims of the tragic incident, who was a driver heading to Lagos, detailed how they stopped their vehicles by shooting and later marched them into the bush.
He said, “This incident happened at past five in the evening, they were armed to the teeth with A.K 47 rifles shooting heavily. They even killed one person who was inside a Lexus car. So, they marched about seven of us inside the bush and when I saw that they were speaking Hausa, I started speaking Hausa to them begging them not to kill me, so they asked if I was a northerner but I said no, that I have once lived in Kebbi and Sokoto.
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“They kept taking us further inside the bush, later they asked if I had any money, so I gave them the N103,000 and my phone. There was another driver from the east who said that the kidnappers had collected N120,000 from him just as we were abducted. They later set the two of us free while the other five people abducted were still with them.”
Speaking to Punch on Monday, the Spokesperson of Ogun State police command, SP Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident.
Odutola said that the police could not confirm the number of people that were abducted but noted that the gunmen killed one of the travellers yet to be identified.
