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A young man shared how he escaped from captivity after bandits kidnapped him and other passengers in Kogi. He shared what he noticed about the kidnappers’ operation. Viral video in comments.
we saw the wives of the kidnappers telling them well-done
Kogi Kidnap Survivor Recounts Escape After Being Marched Through Rivers By Gunmen, Alleges Bandits’ Collusion With Locals
Ojaja Joseph, a student from Benue State, has narrated his terrifying ordeal after narrowly escaping a kidnapping while travelling to Abuja for his Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) programme.
He was among the travellers abducted along the Osokoko–Obajana Road in Kogi State on Thursday. Joseph recounted his experience in a video shared by Egbe Mekun Parrot.
"We were inside a passenger bus when the incident happened. We were marched into the bush. They took us into the bush and we crossed different rivers. we crossed like seven rivers and at some point, we got to a river that is very deep with trees on it," he said, his voice trembling as he recalled the fear of being taken deeper into the unknown.
Joseph described the kidnappers as heavily armed and intimidating.
"The kidnappers who took us were with different weapons, in fact there was a gun they could not hold, they put it on a bike and operate it from there,” he said.
The student described the brutal treatment of those who could not comply, saying, "On our way going, they were maltreating some people who were not cooperating, I escaped because immediately I saw that everywhere was getting dark, I hid myself inside a bush."
Joseph recounted the anxiety of emerging from hiding, unsure if he would be safe. "As I was coming out, I saw three men outside that night in the Osokoko village, I was thinking I was safe in their hands, they were asking me different questions such as if the persons that attacked us came on bike, if they were many in numbers. I told them yes."
He noted that he soon realised that the men were collaborators with the kidnappers as they queried the bandits as to why they would allow him escape.
"Then they started calling the kidnappers that why would they allow someone to escape, those men were speaking Kabba language. Because of my understanding of Yoruba language, I was able to pick up one or two things from what they were saying."
Joseph, who speaks a local language in Benue and Yoruba, said the fear never left him.
"The men who saw me when I came out of the bush asked me to sit down, so I told them that I needed to use the toilet, they asked me to use any toilet I want to use close to where they would see me, but I told them that I was a shy person."
He described the split-second decision that saved his life. "I told them I needed to move to the front a bit, that was how I ran away from them."
Joseph also described the kidnappers’ chilling organisation.
"The kidnappers divided themselves into two, those who came out with guns were different, those who marched us into the bush were different. In fact as we were going and got to their huts we saw the wives of the kidnappers telling them well-done."
The ordeal has left Joseph shaken but grateful to be alive, highlighting the dangers that travellers face on some routes. Authorities have yet to confirm any arrests related to the incident.
On Thursday, SaharaReporters reported that bandits launched an attack along the Osokoko–Obajana axis in Kogi State.
According to sources, two commercial 18-seater buses were targeted during the incident.
One of the buses was successfully attacked, while the second managed to escape.
According to eyewitnesses, the situation unfolded suddenly, with assailants attempting to block and raid vehicles along the route.
Residents warned motorists to avoid the road until security forces secure the area.
On Saturday, SaharaReporters again reported that a group of terrorists had launched a fresh attack along the Isanlu Makutu–Idofin corridor in the Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State, leaving residents and travellers in a state of fear.
Eyewitnesses said that the attackers struck suddenly on Saturday afternoon, causing people in the area to scamper for safety.
Local sources said the situation heightened tension across nearby communities, with many residents staying indoors while travellers diverted routes to avoid the troubled stretch of road.
There have been growing insecurity in Kogi State with kidnappers abducting travellers, killing and demanding for heavy ransom from their victims and their families.
The government promises of intervention have failed to materialise as the bandits continue to operate with impunity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lO3OUyoqWA?si=MXJP3hKd2WRIO9-3 Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, criticises Governor Fubara over the state of public schools, says the former Rivers State Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, left over N600 billion when leaving and wonders why the funds are not being utilised in the education sector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IgPAu-ZKiQ?si=Trpho0ez0T4cXp-5 Laughter at the All Nigeria Judges Conference in Abuja as President Tinubu avoids calling out the full names of dignitaries due to a mistake by a previous speaker who called the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Jakande instead of Lateef Fagbemi.
Tinubu retorted with 'All protocols observed' and jokingly added that he doesn't want to resurrect Lateef Jakande.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Sani, has revealed why the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, did not attend the party’s national convention held in Oyo State at the weekend.
Fubara was one of the governors elected under the platform of the PDP who were conspicuously absent from the ongoing party’s convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Also absent were the governors of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, and Agbu Kefas of Taraba State. The latter has announced he would be leaving the PDP soon.
However, governors Ahmadu Fintri of Adamawa State, Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, and the host, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, attended the event.
It was gathered that Fubara also boycotted the convention over his ties with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike-led faction of the party.
DAILY POST reports that despite conflicting court orders aiming to stop the exercise, the convention has already kicked off.
Sani claimed that Fubara is in a cage and is neither here nor there when it comes to participation in the party’s activities.
“Fubara has been caged. And you know it. You know that all the landmines that were placed before him to make him not be interested in participating in politics are there,” he said on Arise TV.
“Fubara is neither here nor there. He has not come out publicly to say he’s no longer a member of the PDP, and that is why, in our program of activities at the convention, his picture was there, because he’s still a member of the PDP, unless he says otherwise.
“Now you just told me that the governor of Taraba is completing his medical [treatment] and going on transfer to APC; that makes him, you know, an outgoing member of the PDP. He has already made a declaration. But as far as we are concerned, Fubara has not made any declaration. He’s still a member of the PDP.
“And there’s nothing we can say other than to say he’s still a member.
“I don’t think there was that need for us to [call Fubara to attend the convention] because it is an invitation that is extended to every member of the party; you are invited to come or at liberty not to come.
“So we don’t have to call him on the phone or do anything other than to invite him.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE5VgwlUS44?si=CZExmcyfO3S9nsI7 Naval Officer, Lieutenant Yerima who had an altercation with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike some days ago, was stopped by the Police for a driving a car with a concealed number plate and fully tinted windows