Story from Kenneth OFOR, Lagos

A staff of a yet-to-be-identified school has been reportedly abducted after some gunmen numbering about right, hijacked a school bus in a housing estate in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The staff is said to be an attendant of the school bus that was hijacked.

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According to a report by Channels quoting an eyewitness, the incident occurred early on Thursday morning when the driver of the bus and the attendant were going round to pick the pupils.

The driver and the attendant were yet to pick any pupil when they were accosted by the armed men.

The school bus with registration number Lagos LSD 853 FJ has the name of the school written on it.

Also, Punch quoting a source in the school explained that the bandits came on motorcycles, attacked the bus, forcing the driver to stop, they dragged him out and drove off with the bus to an unknown destination with the staff.

He said, “The driver and the attendant were about to pick the first set of pupils when the incident happened. The gunmen rounded up the vehicle with dangerous weapons. The driver was dragged down from the bus while one of them took over the driver’s seat and drove off with the attendant on the bus.

“The whereabouts of the attendant is still unknown but we have reported the incident at the Oba Ile Police station. This is the first time we are experiencing this kind of situation here. It is quite unfortunate.”

The spokesperson of Ondo State Police Command DSP Tee-Leo Ikoro said he had not been briefed about the incident.

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