Unidentified gunmen last Sunday shot dead yet to be identified two persons and BusinessDay Correspondent for Benue State, Benjamin Agesan who survived four gunshots while in transit from Katsina-Ala to Makurdi.
The incident took place along Ugbema – Abwa road in Buruku Local Government, when an awaiting Toyota Cricket Popularlly known as “Duck Nyash” trail the travellers from neighbouring Katsina Ala town and open fire on them when the driver noticed danger and refused to stop even when the car behind him was trying to stop them.
BusinessDay gathered that one of the victims died on the spot while the other died later even as Agesan escaped with four bullet wounds in his back.
A relative of the BusinessDay Correspondent who visited him where he is receiving treatment in a public hospital, quoted him as saying:
“I went to Katsina Ala my home town, when I was ready to come back, I Borded a public bus (Pleasure Travels) paid for a ticket to Makurdi, only to discover that some of my friends were also coming to Makurdi with their private car, I decided to sale my ticket and join them”
Agesan is said to have narrated further that the verhicle he later joined also conveyed local task collectors who were carrying huge sums and were been trailed by the gunmen without their knowledge.
“Shortly after take-off, the gunmen trailed the verhicle to about 5km and shot sporadically at it and in the process puntured it tyres which caused it to sumersout into the bush.
He said the robbers ransacked the entire verhicle killing two occupants while monies said to be in millions were also carted away by the gunmen leaving him in the pool of his blood.
Efforts to get police confirmation on the matter could yield any result at the time of filling this report.
James Kwen, Abuja
