By Suleiman Anyalewechi
No fewer than 14 persons traveling for their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME, have been abducted by terrorist elements along the Makurdi/Otukpo Road.
According to reports, the victims were among others in a commercial bus heading from Makurdi to Otukpo, Benue State, who were attacked and kidnapped by the hoodlums.
According to the Chairman of Otukpo Local Council, Maxwell Ogiri, the victims who are Teena,were traveling to Otukpo for their UTME scheduled for Thursday April 16, 2026, when they were attacked and whisked away.
” The victims are young persons coming into Otukpo to write JAMB examination”, Ogiri stated.
He, however, informed that security agencies have been briefed while operatives have been deployed to track down the terrorists, as well as rescue the victims.
As at the time of reporting, security agencies and the Benue State Government were yet to react officially to the development.
The Source reports that many parts of Benue have been hit, of recent, by a renewed wave of attacks, and killings by suspected terrorist elements.
The State itself has been one of the epicentres of terrorist attacks and killings in the North Central region of Nigeria.
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