The Edo State Police Command has started combining forests in Igueben and environs in search of passengers who were abducted by AK-47 wielding herdsmen on Saturday. The herdsmen invaded the train station in Igueben on Saturday and abducted unspecified number of passengers awaiting to board the train to Warri in Delta State.
The command, in a press statement signed by its spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, stated that the incident happened at about 4.00pm. The state police command stated that the suspected herdsmen, armed with AK-47 rifles, stormed the train station at Igueben and shot sporadically into the air before herding an unspecified number of intending travelers into the bush.
The police added that some of the passengers were kidnapped in the process while some sustained bullet wounds, and it assured the general public that bush combing and rescue operations had begun to rescue those that were kidnapped.
Chidi Nwabuzor said: “The kidnappers who shot sporadically into the air before kidnapping some passengers left some persons with bullet wounds. The Area Commander, Irrua; the DPO (Divisional Police Officer) Igueben Division, and their men have visited the scene of crime with members of Edo State Security Network, local vigilante, and hunters with a view to protecting the lives and property of the remaining passengers.
“Bush combing operations have commenced in order to rescue the victims and arrest the fleeing kidnappers. Further development will be communicated,” the statement explained.
