By George OPARA
Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted about 14 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, candidates traveling to their various exam centers in Benue State.
The candidates were abducted in an attack on a commercial bus travelling from Makurdi to Otukpo in the state.
Eyewitnesses account said the victims, largely young adults, were travelling to Otukpo, where they were scheduled to sit for their examinations on Thursday.
But Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Area, Maxwell Ogiri, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Makurdi, said the victims were heading to the town for their examinations when the attackers struck.
“The victims are young people coming to Otukpo to write JAMB. Security agents have been deployed and efforts are ongoing to rescue them”.
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