It was indeed a sad weekend for students of Holy Cross College, Enugu who were coming to Lagos for the Easter holiday as bandits hijacked the luxury bus conveying the 42 female students near Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.
It was gathered that the daredevil hoodlums who attacked the students conveyed in a hired bus belonging to Ekene Dili Chukwu Group of Companies with registration number Lagos XW 875 LSR at about 11:30 dragged them into a nearby bush and beat them before robbing them of their belongings just as few of them were raped
However, Dailypost learnt that the said bus developed some faults along the way and had to park at Oke-Odo. It was while the passengers were waiting for another bus from Lagos that the robbers stormed the scene.
Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command who confirmed the attack said that policemen had rescued victims and recovered the vehicle.
His words: “Around 7:30am on Sunday, one Friday Odi, a driver working with Ekene Dili Chukwu, Nig. Ltd, who drove the vehicle with registration number, Lagos XW 875 LSR, reported that at 11:40pm, on Saturday, while conveying 42 female students of Holy Cross Rosary College, Enugu to Lagos, armed men in Oke Odo area, along Ore-Sagamu Expressway stopped their vehicle.
“The hoodlums drove them to a point in the bush where they were robbed. Policemen traced the hijacked bus, rescued and evacuated the students to their Lagos destination. They towed the vehicle to the station and released it to the owner on bond. Nobody was injured.”
Lagos State Police spokesman, Jaiyeoba Joseph, confirmed that some persons actually came to the state command to report the luciferous incident .
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