UGM attack train station, kidnap passengers in Edo State.

UGM attack train station, kidnap passengers in Edo State.

The Edo State Police Command has said that an unspecified number of travellers waiting to board a train from Igueben in Igueben local government area of the State, to Warri in Delta State, were kidnapped by suspected armed herdsmen.

According to the command, in a press statement endorsed by its spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, stated that the incident happened at about 4.00pm on Saturday.

According to the statement, the suspected herdsmen, who were armed with AK-47 rifles, invaded the train station and shot sporadically into the air before herding an unspecified number of intending travellers into the bush.

The statement added that in the process, some of the passengers sustained bullet wounds, just as the Police disclosed that bush combing and rescue operations had begun to rescue the victims and arrest the criminals.