Driver killed and 4 others injured as suspected gunmen abduct 3 passengers in Ibadan

The abductors’ shot hit an unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Corolla automobile, a Toyota Sienna with registration quantity Lagos KSF 387 YE and a Mazda 6 automobile with registration quantity Lagos AKD 08 JB — resulting in the demise of the Mazda automobile’s driver, gunshot accidents to 2 feminine and two different male passengers within the Sienna bus whereas three males occupants have been kidnapped within the Toyota Corolla automobile.

The motive force of the Mazda automobile, later recognized as Abiodun Emmanuel Omotoye, and that of Sienna bus, have been stated to have made spirited efforts to flee from the abductors’ assault, inflicting the abductors to open hearth on their automobiles.

The proprietor of the Toyota automobile, nonetheless, survived the assault as he got here out of the automobile unscathed, although visibly shaken, a reputable supply who craved anonymity stated.

The abductors, who will need to have assumed the occupants have been useless, with the pace it swerved off the street into the bush and the space it went, ignored the Mazda automobile and went with the 2 victims, the supply stated.

One of many feminine passengers within the Sienna car was stated to have sustained bullet harm in her chest area, whereas the opposite lady was shot within the arm.