Eighteen people were abducted yesterday by gunmen in different locations in Kogi State, worsening the state of insecurity in the Confluence State.
The four victims were reported to be travelling from Ayetoro Gbede in Kogi West to Lokoja, the state capital. It was however, gathered that the fifth person in the car was a physically-challenged man who was set free by the kidnappers. A commercial driver popularly known as Sapamo who could not escape immediately, was attacked by the gunmen.
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