Crime
Gunmen reportedly intercept school bus, abduct pupils and teachers
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted pupils and teachers of a private nursery school in Emure, headquarters of Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
According to Tribune Online, the school bus conveying the pupils and the teachers including the driver was intercepted at about 5pm on Monday along Eporo-Ekiti, in the Emure area of the state.
It is reported that six of the pupils, three teachers and the bus driver were kidnapped and whereabouts unknown as of Tuesday morning.
“They were kidnapped after their school bus was intercepted in Eporo Ekiti, at a location that shares a boundary with Ondo state on Monday evening, ” a source said. This incident happened the same day when gunmen shot dead two traditional rulers in Oke-Ako axis of Ikole Local Government Area of the state.
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