Gunmen have abducted a driver who was conveying a corpse in a vehicle along Ojodu Ojakeshi area of Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi.

Sources said that security operatives received a distress call on Tuesday evening that a blue Golf 2 car had been abandoned on the road.

It said that when security operatives, including army troops, police personnel and local hunters, mobilised to the scene, they discovered the vehicle with a corpse inside a casket.

“Two of the three occupants of the vehicle managed to escape from the abductors and later informed the police that they were transporting the corpse from Kwara to Benue when the hoodlums stopped them.

“The assailants whisked away the driver while leaving the corpse and the vehicle behind,” it added.

Bush combing operation is ongoing to rescue the victim and arrest the perpetrators. (Zagazola)