Six people, including a husband taking his late wife’s body home for burial, have been kidnapped in Benue State after gunmen stopped their vehicle and left the woman’s remains on the road.
The attack happened around 8 p.m. on Friday, October 30, along Adoka Road in Otukpo Local Government Area.
The woman had died in Kano. Her husband and five other mourners were taking her body to Okpoga in Okpokwu Local Government Area for burial when the armed men intercepted them.
The attackers took all six people into the bush and abandoned the woman’s body on the highway.
Federal Road Safety Corps officers found the body on Saturday. They first moved it to the police station in Adoka before it was later taken to a morgue.
Otukpo Local Government Chairman Maxwell Ogiri confirmed the incident. He said the kidnappers were demanding ₦15 million before releasing the victims.
According to him, security operatives, local vigilantes and youths have started searching for the kidnappers as efforts continue to rescue the six victims safely.
