LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The FRSC officer had reportedly died in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, after a brief illness.
The abductors reached the family, demanding N450million for the victims to regain their freedom, Daily Trust reports.
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted the remains of a late Deputy Corps Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Augustine Ikwue, including the mourners accompanying him to his hometown at Otukpo in Benue State.
The vehicle was conveying the corpse to Otukpo when it ran into an ambush along Ochadamu-Ejule road in Ofu local government of Kogi state around 6pm, on Thursday.
The FRSC officer had reportedly died in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, after a brief illness.
The abductors reached the family, demanding N450million for the victims to regain their freedom, Daily Trust reports.
The Kogi State sector Commander of FRSC, Lawal Fagge, confirmed the incident, saying nine mourners, including two operatives of the commission, were abducted in the attack.
He said the corpse was later abandoned around Ejule community, and had been handed over to the family for burial, while effort was being intensified to rescue the kidnap victims.
“We recovered the corpse of the officer in Ejule community on Friday after frantic searching , and handed it over to the family. He was buried on Saturday in his home town at Otukpo in Benue.
“The abductors used the cellphone of the deceased officer, and called his wife, demanding huge sum of money for those in their captivity to regain their freedom,” Fagge said.
Security operatives, including the Army, police, hunters and vigilantes were said to have been mobilised to the area in an attempt to rescue the kidnap victims and possibly apprehend their assailants.
Several people are raising concerns over the incident, stressing that the bandits have no respect for the dead.
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