The Ondo State Police Command has debunked report that 10 passengers were kidnapped on Akure-Ado Ekiti Road on Tuesday, noting that only a motorist who is also the driver was abducted.

It has been trending on social media that 18 passengers were kidnapped yesterday while it was reported by media that 10 passengers including a commercial driver known as “Baba Ikere”, were abducted.

But while reacting to the report, the spokesman of the Ondo state command, Mr. Femi Joseph said only the driver was reported to have been kidnapped by the unknown gunmen, adding that family of the driver came to report the incident at a police station.

Here is the full text of the PPRO’s rejoinder :

The Ondo State Police Command wishes to allay the fear of the general public as a result of the news making the rounds on the Social media that an eighteen seater bus conveying some passengers from Ikere to Akure was blocked and ten passengers kidnapped.

Some Online bloggers even referred to the victims as youth corps members. We wish to state that the story was exaggerated and good enough, the State Coordinator of NYSC in Ondo State has issued a statement denying that any corps member was involved. To set the record straight,a space bus Toyota Previa vehicle was driven by One Akinde Felix from Ikere Ekiti enroute Akure on the 25th June 2019, with only the driver inside.

At about 4am on a spot Close to the NYSC camp at Itaogbolu, the vehicle was blocked by Suspected hoodlums while the driver who was the only occupant was whisked away.

The Command has since begun investigation and intensifying efforts to not only rescue the victim but to also arrest the perpetrators….

Femi Joseph, PPRO Ondo State.
Source: https://www.citadel.ng