Two passengers have been kidnapped, and the driver was shot by hoodlums along the Kasuwan Shanu Jootar axis of Taraba and Benue state borders.
In a statement, the spokesman, 6 Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, said upon arrival at the scene, troops discovered a bus conveying nine passengers, witht the driver, found with a gunshot wound to his right hand.
Preliminary investigation revealed that two out of the nine passengers were forcibly abducted into the bush by suspected kidnappers before the arrival of troops.
Following the incident, troops of 6 Brigade immediately commenced aggressive search and rescue operations within the general area to secure the release of the abducted victims.
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