Gunmen abducts two pupils in Edo

Gunmen Abducts Two Pupils in Edo

Some gunmen on Tuesday intercepted a vehicle conveying pupils home after school hours around Ikpeshi community in Igarra-Auchi road, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State and dragged two of the pupils to an unknown place

The incident which occurred about 5:35 p.m, is said to have involved pupils of Glory Land Group of Schools who were said to be returning to Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, after the close of school when the two were kidnapped.

The spokesman for Edo police command in the state, SP Kontongs Bello, confirmed the abduction and said that police operatives, soldiers and vigilantes were combing bushes in an effort to rescue the pupils.

He said: “Two students were kidnapped but efforts are on to rescue them unhurt. Men of the Nigeria Police, soldiers and vigilantes are already combing bushes to rescue the students”