Tension dey rise for Enugu-Ezike inside Igbo Eze North Local Government Area for Enugu State, after gunmen kidnap over 35 people, including three Nigerian soldiers, for Enugu-Nsukka road on Thursday, January 9, 2025.
Di attackers target three commercial buses wey dey pass di bad road, come carry di passengers, including four soldiers. One of di soldiers, Private Usendu Emediong (24NA/87/7560), manage escape and report di matter.
People wey see wetin happen talk say di gunmen, wey dem be 17, operate for like one hour, carry di people enter bush. One eyewitness talk say di kidnappers shoot one person wey no fit waka again because e don tire.
Local hunters later see di body of di person wey dem shoot, and dem don carry am go mortuary.
Military don confirm di matter. Dem talk say di kidnapped soldiers dey travel from Akwa Ibom go Kaduna with commercial motor. Di signal wey Major AE Edet issue talk say dem don start investigation.
People for di area dey fear well well as soldiers and local hunters dey search di place. Dem even see helicopter dey fly for di area on Sunday morning.
But till now, nobody don rescue di people, and di kidnappers plus di victims don move go deeper inside di forest.
