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A report by ThisDay indicates that gunmen kidnapped 10 travelers from Ondo state going to Abuja last week along Obajana-Abuja highway in Obajana, Kogi state. It was gathered that the owner of the commercial bus, Abdulganiyu Hakeem said the bandits who abducted the passengers and driver stopped the vehicle after it took off from Akoko. The bus owner a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Akoko North-West local government area of Kogi state, explained that the victims were still in captivity. He said: “The 10 passengers in the bus including the driver were kidnapped and were led to the bush very close to Obajana in Kogi State. One of the passengers is a student of law school in Abuja.” Hakeem also stated that families of the victims have been contacted by the bandits who are demanding the sum of N100,000 for each passenger and N200,000 for the driver before they can be released.