OWERRI — Imo State Police Command, weekend, nabbed a bus driver at
the border between Imo and Rivers States, conveying about 18 school
children suspected to have been abducted.
Vanguard investigations revealed that the pupils were
allegedly abducted from Umuohie Primary School and Baptist Secondary
School, Umuohie, all in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State.
According to reports, the bus driver refused to stop when he was
flagged down for routine check and this fuelled suspicion among the
policemen on duty.
A villager, who spoke on ground of anonymity, told Vanguard
that a female teacher, the bus driver and the school children were first
moved to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Umuneke, before being
taken to the state Police Headquarters, Owerri.
It was gathered that the female teacher and the driver, whose names
could not be ascertained at press time, were already telling the police
all they knew about the movement of the school children.
Meantime, residents of the area have appealed to security agencies in
the state to extend their surveillance to the border road, which they
described as “very lonely.”
According to them, the road was gradually turning into a get-away route for criminals operating across the border communities.
They particularly named the Umuneke-Elele-Obike-Eche road which is
called “Abuja Expressway” as prone to criminal activities and urged the
authorities to beef up security along the road.
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