Kidnappers in army uniform abduct Lagos passengers, probe begins

A yet-to-be-recognized man has narrated his ordeal in the fingers of

suspected kidnappers who abducted him and other passengers in the

Lekki region of Lagos State.

The sufferer, in a viral video on Thursday, said he boarded a industrial
bus to the Iyana-Oworo location of the country, but in the course of the
adventure, determined that he had fallen into the hands of suspected
kidnappers.

He said, “I were given right into a bus heading to Iyana Oworo and observed this bizarre
scent. Anybody who has been in a army education or placing will realize
approximately gasses that knock people off. I knew that became what it was, so I
spat in my handkerchief and used it to cowl my nose.

“In approximately five to ten mins, each different passenger within the bus had fallen
asleep besides participants of the team who had all used nose mask to
cowl their noses.”

“So, we started replacing words. I became now not impolite or anything however
begging them that they ought to have my telephone, a Samsung Galaxy S22
which fees N1.3m and will nonetheless be sold for N800,000.”
The sufferer stated he also provided them his Automated Teller Machine
card for them to drain his account in addition to his gold necklace however
they refused to allow him disembark from the bus till they got to wherein
he could be killed and his body dismembered.

He said, “The bus then parked in a dark course under Adeniji Bridge before
they brought me out. They started using cutlass, knives and special
guns on me. I am an African guy and I am fortified. When they
discovered that the knives, dagger and cutlasses had been no longer cutting my
frame, approximately 3 of them held my neck and every other held my arms
to the returned and they positioned a knife on my neck to slaughter me however it wasn’t
penetrating.”

The man said while the try to slaughter him failed, the suspects’
leader, who spoke in Hausa language, ordered three men in army
uniforms to start the usage of their boots to hit his head as he laid on the
floor.
In the video, the victim, whose face was swollen and will be visible,
coughing out blood as he claimed to be bleeding internally, said he
nearly lost attention at some stage in the attack.

He said, “So, I reached out for my bag which changed into on the floor, reached
for a knife inside the bag and started out waving it recklessly. In the manner,
it reduce considered one of them within the tummy, one in the neck and any other in the attention.
They began bleeding profusely.
“Their leader advised them that they’d gotten the relaxation who were asleep
and that they ought to supply them and depart me that at the quit of the day I
could die from all they’d achieved to me. All the people I just pointed out
have been Northerners. These human beings have even entered Lagos State,” he
delivered.

The nation Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in his
reaction to the video, stated in a tweet that an in-depth research had
all started concerning the matter.
He said, “The Lagos State Police Command isn’t always unaware of the
video making the rounds approximately the presence of a few criminals within the
Lekki area of Lagos. An in-intensity research has started out.

“The command will leave no stone unturned towards ensuring the
safety and security of all citizens and visitors to Lagos State. All
human, cloth, and operational assets have been duly and
optimally deployed to reap this.”