BREAKING: Over 30 Passengers Kidnapped From Edo Train Station – LGA Official

BREAKING: Over 30 Passengers Kidnapped From Edo Train Station – LGA Official

An official from Edo State’s Igueben Local Government Area has revealed that over 30 train passengers waiting to travel to Warri, Delta State, were kidnapped on Saturday evening at Ekehen Station.

Best Oseh, the LGA Liaison Officer, who spoke on the development, revealed that security agencies were working to rescue the victims.

According to Oseh, the rescue teams included police, vigilantes, and other paramilitary organizations, all of which were combing the bust for kidnapped passengers.

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“As I speak, people are in the field all over the place, vigilante, security agencies and other people, everybody is concerned but we have to be careful with what we divulge so that we won’t jeopardize the processes we are doing.

“As for the category of people kidnapped, some of them are from Igueben while others are passengers from other places and as for the number for now we are looking at over 30 but we can only give comprehensive number when preliminary investigations are concluded”, Oseh said.

A resident from the area, who identified himself as Comrade Odia Benson, also commented on the development, claiming that the abductors released two children who were with them, while a woman escaped.

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Odia named the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) station manager and ticket clerk as among those kidnapped.

“The train normally arrives by 5 pm so as at about 20 minutes to 5 pm, bandits just came through the bush part and invaded the place, they took away the station manager, took away the booking clerk and about 29 other passengers made up of males and females.

“As I speak with you, the Deputy Governor left the place about an hour ago, the Commissioner of Police and his men are here, the 4 Brigade Nigerian Army Commander is here, the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) is here and many paramilitary representatives; the DPO Igueben and his men, the Esan Akatakpa Security network, the hunters association have been in the forest since last night doing bush combing. We are hoping that by the end of today, they will be rescued.

“The railway station is in the forest, there is no security, no police, no vigilante and they are at the mercy of God. The station is in Igeueben town, just about 1.2 km away from Igueben General Hospital.

“I think about only three of the victims are from Igueben; one of them is from Ward 8,we had another who is married to an Igueben man but based in Warri while others are from Ekpoma, from Uromi, Ubiaja, some are not even from Edo State.

“The kidnappers released two children, it is believed that they felt the children will slow down their movements. They dropped them in an abandoned petrol station, they called the family of the mother of the children that they should go and pick the children from the place they dropped them.

One woman also managed to flee with her baby. “The woman escaped and ended up in Opoji, which is in the Esan Central local government area,” Odia explained.

Ekehen Station in Edo State has been closed by the Nigeria Railway Corporation until further notice.

The announcement was made by the NRC on Sunday. This comes less than 24 hours after the rail station attack.

According to the railway corporation, the decision was made due to rising security concerns.

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