October 14, (THEWILL) – At least one passenger has been confirmed killed and two others injured by gunmen, who attacked another Benue Links bus on Thursday night.
Spokesperson of the Benue State Police Command, SP Catherine Anene, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said the bus was attacked by gunmen around Naka, Gwer West Local Government Area, around 8pm on Thursday.
“They were driving towards Naka around 8pm when some armed men came out of the bush and attacked them.
“Three people were injured but there was intervention so they didn’t kill them instantly as they intended to”, she said, adding that the injured passengers were taken to the hospital for treatment where one of them died.
Anene said investigation was ongoing to unravel the dare devils behind the attack.
However, a source in the area who identified himself simply as Adakole, told newsmen that “Herdsmen attacked a Benue Links bus conveying passengers to Otukpo en-route Naka road Gwer West LGA at Tyolaha village.
The source said the attackers who were heavily armed killed three persons and many were still missing.
Another source at the transport company who didn’t want to be named said “Benue links was one of the vehicles that were attacked on the road that day.
“We gathered that while the bus was moving from Makurdi to Otukpo, there were two okada riders moving in front of them, with another truck ahead of them all.
”The driver told us All of a sudden, he saw the truck driver jump down and was running inside the bush. In a flash, he saw that the gunmen shot the truck conductor, they also shot the first okada and second okada riders down and before the driver could match his break, the attackers shot at his vehicle and the bullets affected one of the passengers sitting by the window and the second bullet affected one other passenger on the leg.
“One of the passengers died inside the vehicle and the others ran inside the bush. They said the people were dressed in complete military uniform with AK47 guns in their hands.”
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