Independence Day: Passengers reportedly abducted in Owerri-Onitsha road attack

An unspecified number of travellers, including National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, have reportedly been abducted by armed men along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Imo State on Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day.
At least two commercial buses were reportedly attacked at about 5:30 am on Thursday, with passengers allegedly robbed and taken into the bush. The number of people affected remains unclear.
According to reports and videos circulating online, some of the passengers were corps members who had departed from Samonda, Ibadan, in buses operated by Uko Akwa Ibom Motors.
The corps members were reportedly travelling to their assigned orientation camps in states across the Sou...