A luxury bus carrying about 59 passengers has been reportedly burnt to ashes after suspected armed robbers attacked the passengers along the Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway.
According to reports, the passengers were on their way to the south East for Easter celebrations when the bus belonging to Ifesinachi Transport Nig Ltd was intercepted at Oke Ado Junction, Ijebu Imushin area of Ogun State, adding that the suspected robbers succeeded in robbing the passengers and decided to set the luxurious bus ablaze.
A clip uploaded on social media by Chude Nnamdi showed some of the victims narrating their ordeals in the hands of the hoodlums.
Police Spokesman Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident.
“It happened in Oke Ado junction at Ijebu Mushin when a luxury bus of, Mercedes Benz, was burnt down. The vehicle was coming from Maza Maza before it encountered the hoodlums. No reference to guns was made. They (the hoodlums) carried cutlasses,” Odutola said.
Speaking on the attack, the Managing Director/CEO of Ifesinachi, Prince Emeka Mamah, said he was still in shock over “this new dimension to armed robbery which is now accompanied by terrorism.”