Security operatives rescue 13 remaining JAMB candidates from abductors

The remaining Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) candidates abducted while on their way to write their examination in Benue State have been rescued.

It was gathered that the candidates alongside other passengers who were on the Benue Links commercial bus travelling along Otukpo-Makurdi road were rescued by a joint team of security operatives.

Ifeanyi Emenari, the Benue State Commissioner of Police on Sunday said 13 passengers were rescued from their abductors and would be taken to Makurdi, Benue’s capital city.
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‎”Yes we’re planning a news conference this morning when they arrive in Makurdi. Good morning please,” Emenari confirmed their rescue.

Recall that the state-owned vehicle was intercepted by some yet-to-be-identified armed men along the Otukpo-Makurdi Road on Wednesday night.

Sources privy to the incident said the bus was mostly filled with candidates travelling to Otukpo for their UTME examination, usually conducted by JAMB.

While JAMB had earlier, in a statement denied that the passengers were candidates slated to sit for its examination, the police also noted that it was possible that the travellers were on the road outside the approved travelling time.