The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed the killing of one of its marshals by suspected armed kidnappers on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway.
It was gathered that the deceased was travelling in a commercial bus alongside other passengers when the hoodlums attacked them on tuesday at Sabo-Wuse Area on the Niger axis of the highway.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, who confirmed the official’s death, said two other marshals were abducted by the gunmen. Kazeem identified the deceased as Ardo Njiga, a Marshal Inspector 1, and one of those kidnapped as Garba Bello, a Senior Road Marshal Assistant, adding that the identity of the third victim was yet to be ascertained.
According to him, “Njiga was killed at the scene, while Garba and the third marshal were taken to an unknown destination alongside the other occupants of the bus.
“The matter is now with the security agencies, and it is our hope that our men are rescued and brought back to us alive.”
The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has expressed sadness over the incident and commiserated with the victims’ families. The latest incident came exactly two months after unidentified gunmen invaded the Tsafe Command of the FRSC in Zamfara, killing an official and abducting another.
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