Abuja 5th of September : Nigerian police have announced that they are conducting an investigation to find attackers who attacked buses that were carrying certain travelers in the southern region of the country, dragging away several of them.A few of the casualties of the attack, which took place close to Ifon the town of Ifon, which is located on the expressway Benin-Owo in the state of Ondo, in the southwestern part of Ondo They were taken care of in the afternoon of Sunday by a group of policemen Funmilayo Ibukun Odunlami the police spokeswoman in Ondo spoke to Xinhua via telephone on Sunday.
“I can confirm that a few of those who suffered were rescued in an operation carried out by the police on this (Sunday) afternoon.However, I am unable to provide the exact number of the people who were rescued at this moment since the rescue men are still trying to rescue remaining victims,” Odunlami said.
According to her the exact number of travelers abducted by gunmen is still to be identified because the rescue mission was still in progress, Xinhua news agency reported.
The gunmen were spotted in a forest in Ifon the state of Ifon on Saturday night, as two buses that were fully loaded returning from neighbouring Edo state Ondo were on the road local media reported on Sunday, adding that at least 32 people who attended funerals in Edo were removed.
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