Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped nine Enugu-bound passengers, killed two and robbed others of their valuables.
The passengers were traveling to Enugu on Saturday for a burial, when they were attacked by gunmen operating at Imo axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway
Narrating their to newsmen in Umuahia on Sunday, one of them, who identified himself simply as Francis, said their Sienna Bus was flagged down at gunpoint near the Arondizuogu Junction on the expressway.
Francis (not real name) said that the vehicle was later diverted off the expressway to Arondizuogu Road in Imo, from where they were led into a hamlet far into the bush.
He said: “I have never had this kind of experience in my life before.
“We were travelling to Enugu for a burial and when we got close to Arondizuogu Junction, we saw a group of heavily armed men and they asked us to park.
“One of us in the vehicle asked them ‘why do you ask us to park and pointing your guns at us, do you know who I am?’.
“Then one of the hoodlums said, ‘now oga you will prove to us whom you are’.
“They ordered us out of the vehicle and asked us to sit on the ground and pull off our shirts with which they blindfolded us.
“From there, they started beating the man that made the comment with machete,” Francis said.
He said that when they got into the hamlet, residents “were watching us as if they are watching a video.
