Gunmen have hijacked a school bus at Oba Ile Estate in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, abducting a member of staff of the school.
As of press time, the identity of the abducted staff had not been revealed.
The gunmen, it was learnt, attacked the bus around 6:45am while the driver and the abducted worker were moving round to pick the pupils.
A source in the school explained that the bandits numbering about eight on motorcycles, dragged the driver out and drove the bus away with the other worker on it.
“The driver and the attendant were about to pick the first set of pupils when the incident happened.
“The gunmen rounded up the vehicle with dangerous weapons. The driver was dragged down from the bus while one of them took over the driver’s seat and drove off with the attendant in the bus,” the source said.
