Gunmen, on Sunday evening, reportedly attacked a Benue Links commercial bus at Eke, along the Otukpo-Otukpa road in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State.
The assailants reportedly robbed the passengers before whisking them into the surrounding bush.
Reports said that the vehicle, bearing registration number 14B-143BN, was conveying travelers when it came under attack around 6:30 pm.
The attackers ambushed the bus, dispossessed the passengers of their belongings, and then forcibly took them into the nearby forest.
Benue APC chairman, Comrade Austin Agada, who passed by shortly after the incident, played a critical role in triggering an immediate response.
He alerted military and police personnel, who swiftly mobilised to the scene to commence search-and-rescue operations.
