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SAD: Gunmen attack travellers on Ife-Akure highway, rape one victim
..Transfers victims funds, shot driver
By Francesca Hangeior.
Some dare-devil armed robbers attacked travellers on Ife-Akure expressway, raping a female victim during the attack.
It was gathered that eight armed wielding men attacked two vehicles traveling from Lagos State towards Ilesa on the expressway before they reach Osu.
According to findings, the vehicles, a commercial bus and a car was forcefully stopped by the armed men and were robbed of their valuables, including ATM cards.
A victim of the attack, which occurred on Wednesday, identified as Wale, said the armed robbers raped a female victim among the passengers in the car while the driver of the bus was shot, but did not killed.
He added that he, along with few others who escaped into the bush informed security operatives, who quickly got to the scene to rescue victim.
His words, “The driver of the bus was shot but not killed. He was injured. One of the passengers in the car, a woman was raped. Money on us was forcefully taken. They collected all our ATM cards and made us to transfer various amount into their accounts.
“Some of us that escaped into bush alerted security men. Not long, policemen, vigilantes and members of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service arrived and they began to comb the area.
“Few minutes after, they arrested one of the robbers- a man. But others have fled. They took him away. The driver of the bus I was traveling in was rushed to a hospital in Ile-Ife where he is currently recieving treatment”.
When contacted on Thursday, acting Osun command police spokesperson, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade confirmed the incident, saying one of the armed robbers was arrested inside the surrounding bushes.
The arrested suspect has been taken into custody and helping investigation while the injured victims have been taken to hospital for treatment.
According to him, such financial mishandling not only disrupts critical public services and projects but also results in major losses to the nation’s purse—resources that could have been channelled into crucial services and developmental efforts, as laid out in Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution.
Speaker Abbas, thereafter setup a Special Committee to be chaired by Rep. Chinedu Martins to immediately launch a probe into the “Utilisation of take-off grants, bailout funds, and interventions allocated to MDAs, government institutions, and GOEs from 2015 to present.”
The FCT Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, expressed satisfaction with the progress on the Abuja light rail project, reaffirming its May 29 delivery as sacrosanct.
He made these assurances after inspecting the ongoing construction of access roads to the train stations on Wednesday, from Metro Train Station in the Central Area to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Reassuring journalists accompanying him, the minister reiterated that President Bola Tinubu would commission the rail project on May 29 to mark his second year in office.
The visited stations were Wupa station near Idu and Bassanjiwa station near the airport.
“This is part of our routine inspection of ongoing projects to see the contractors’ progress,” Wike explained.
“We are working day and night to fulfill our promise to President Tinubu and FCT residents. By May, Mr. President will ride on the Metro line.”
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen are currently invading some communities in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.
According to sources, the herdsmen armed with AK-47 rifles stormed the community around 04:15pm on Thursday.
“Our lives are in danger this evening, armed Fulani herdsmen, about 600 in numbers have taken over our communities this evening,” a resident told SaharaReporters.
“They’re currently moving around towns in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state. No security personnel at all, Governor Alia didn’t send security, they said operation will start soon once they (herders) have observed the place.”
The insecurity situation in Benue has been alarming in recent weeks with attacks from gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.
The media had reported that suspected herdsmen again unleashed terror in Benue State, attacking three communities in Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) on Wednesday, just a day after 11 people were killed in a deadly raid on Otobi community.
The latest victims of the escalating violence were Emichi, Odudaje, and Okpamaju, communities that had previously suffered an attack in February, which left five people dead.
However, the renewed attack has created fear and mass displacement among residents, with women and children fleeing to safety.
Local sources say the death toll from the fresh attack remains unclear, but several casualties are feared.
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