Armed bandits on Friday night intercepted an Abakaliki-bound luxury bus, robbed all passengers on board and then set it ablaze.
The spokesperson of Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident via her social media handle.
The PPRO said the incident happened at Oke Ado junction at Ijebu Mushin on the Ijebu Ode-Ore-Benin expressway, where a luxury Mercedes Benz bus was set ablaze by armed bandits
She stated: “The vehicle was coming from Maza Maza before it encountered the hoodlums. No reference to gun was made. They carried cutlasses.”
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It was gathered that the hoodlums stripped all the 59 occupants of the bus of their belongings, and locked the vehicle from outside before setting it ablaze.
It was further gathered that the passengers smashed the glass windows, and jumped out of the bus before it was completely razed by fire.
The management of Ifesinachi Transport Nig. Ltd confirmed the incident saying the attacked bus belonged to the company, and that the vehicle took off from Maza Maza, Lagos, on Good Friday, en route to Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
Survivors recounted their experience in a distressing video shared on X (former Twitter) by influencer, Chude Nnamdi,
One of the victims stated: “Ifesinachi Motors, we were travelling in the night to come back to the East for Easter celebration, and criminals attacked us in Ijebu Ode along Ore/Benin expressway”.
“They robbed us of everything we had, some they stripped half-naked. They locked us inside the 59-seater luxury bus and set it ablaze,”
“We thank God that we later escaped, nobody died but everything we had was collected. We thank God that we didn’t lose anyone but we lost everything we were travelling with while some sustained injuries.”
