Breaking: Unknown gunmen hijack school bus in Ondo, abduct pupils, staff

Some gunmen on Thursday morning hijacked a bus belonging to Chimola School in Oba Ile Estate of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state.

It was gathered that the gunmen abducted staff who was on duty to convey students to school and few pupils already in the bus.

The incident was said to have occurred around 7am while the driver and the abducted staff were moving round to pick up the pupils.

The gunmen numbering about eight who were on motorcycles, were reportedly surounded the vehicle with registration number —Lagos LSD 853 FJ, forcing the driver to stop, a source said.

He said the men dragged the driver down from the vehicle and threatened to kill him.

The bus was later driven away by one of the hijackers while others moved away from the scene on motorcycles.