Seven people are said to have been abducted on Monday by some armed individuals wearing military uniforms in the Fidiwo sector of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Punch reported that one person was shot and killed during the attack while attempting to flee. An unidentified source told The Punch that the armed men stopped the car that was carrying the victims, opened fire, took seven of the passengers hostage, and fled into the nearby bush along the expressway.
The source also said that a female passenger in another vehicle, witnessing the attack and attempting to escape, was shot and left in critical condition, while another unidentified woman was shot dead by the gunmen.
The source said, “I got a report of a kidnapping incident that occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday.
I learnt that the kidnappers were dressed in military uniform and they accosted a vehicle, kidnapped some of the occupants and shot one person dead. I cannot ascertain the number of persons kidnapped yet.”
