Army, police foil night attack on Benin–Sapele road
Soldiers and police officers have rescued a missing passenger after a late-night gun attack on two commercial buses along the Benin–Sapele Expressway near Obayantor 2 community in Edo State. The incident happened around 10:45 p.m. when armed men suddenly came out of the bush and opened fire on vehicles on the busy route. One of the targeted vehicles, a white commercial bus with registration number 166 XB, was carrying four passengers from Kaduna to Sapele. During the attack, the bus was forced to stop and three passengers managed to escape into the bush, while the fourth passenger, 53-year-old Abubakar Ahmed, could not be found immediately. A joint team of soldiers, police operatives, and local vigilantes moved to the scene soon after receiving a distress call. Security sources said the team quickly secured the area and searched the surrounding bushes to […]
