Transport firm condemns Benue bus attack, pledges support for victims’ families
Transport agency, Benue Links Nigeria Minute, has condemned the attack on one in all its buses, which resulted in the kidnapping of 11 passengers and the motive force.
In a assertion issued the day prior to this by its info officer, Mr Johnson Ehi Daniel, the firm described the incident as a reprehensible act by felony substances.
“Benue Links Nigeria Minute strongly condemns the attack on her car and passengers by felony substances. We stand in cohesion with the families and household people of those affected, and we remark the public that we are actively collaborating with safety companies, who are working diligently to stable the stable return of the kidnapped passengers and the motive force,” the assertion study.
The attack took place at about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at Eke Elengbecho in Okpokwu Native Council of Benue Divulge. The bus, with registration quantity 14B-143BN, used to be travelling from Abeokuta to Makurdi.
The firm reported that the bus, carrying 12 passengers and the motive force, used to be later found abandoned by the roadside at Eke, with some passengers’ assets left in the abet of.
One passenger managed to flee and alerted police at Eke Police Save, reporting that armed kidnappers had ambushed the automobile.
