Heavily armed gunmen suspected on Saturday, attacked and kidnapped scores of passengers waiting to board a train from Igueben train station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, the State Police Command confirmed in a statement.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chidi Nwabuzor, said that the incident happened at about 4.00pm on Saturday as the passengers were waiting to board a train to Warri in Delta State.
Nwabuzor said the suspected bandits who were “armed with AK-47 rifles, invaded the train station and shot sporadically into the air before herding an unspecified number of intending travellers into the bush.”
