One victim raped as gunmen attack travellers on Ife-Akure highway
Armed robbers carried out a violent attack on travelers along the Ife-Akure Expressway, resulting in the rape of a female passenger and the shooting of a bus driver.
The incident occurred on Wednesday when a group of eight armed men ambushed two vehicles—a commercial bus and a car—traveling from Lagos State toward Ilesa before reaching Osu.
The attackers forced the vehicles to stop and robbed the passengers of their valuables, including ATM cards.
One of the victims, identified as Wale, reported that during the assault, the robbers raped a female passenger and shot the bus driver, though he survived.
Wale and other survivors who fled into the bush alerted security forces, who promptly arrived at the scene to assist the victims.
His words, “The driver of the bus was shot but not killed. He was injured. One of the passengers in the car, a woman was raped. Money on us was forcefully taken. They collected all our ATM cards and made us to transfer various amount into their accounts.
“Some of us that escaped into bush alerted security men. Not long, policemen, vigilantes and members of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service arrived and they began to comb the area.
“Few minutes after, they arrested one of the robbers- a man. But others have fled. They took him away. The driver of the bus I was traveling in was rushed to a hospital in Ile-Ife where he is currently recieving treatment”.
However, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, the acting spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, confirmed the incident.
He reported that one of the armed robbers was apprehended in the nearby bushes. The suspect is now in custody and assisting with the investigation. Meanwhile, the injured victims have been transported to a hospital for medical treatment.
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