Eighteen passengers traveling from Abuja enroute Port Harcourt-bound bus were abducted while the driver of the vehicle was left free.
In a viral video , It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday night 12 October 2024 along a major highway in Port Harcourt.
In the video, it was seen that the driver was protected from sharing further details by representatives of the transport company, GIG Logistics (GIG), who discouraged him from speaking.
The abduction has sparked fresh concerns about the growing insecurity along major highways,
It would be recalled that on July 2024, driver and 18 passengers of a Port Harcourt-bound Akwa Ibom State Transport Corporation bus were on Wednesday, last week, abducted by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS gathered that the incident occurred along the Azumini boundary between Akwa Ibom and Abia states.