- Safiu Kehinde
Several families have stormed a southeast and southsouth-bond motor park in Samonda area of Ibadan, Oyo state, over alleged abduction of prospective corp members heading to the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, Orientation Camps in Abia, Imo, and Enugu states.
The 2026 Batch ‘C’ Stream I PCMs who reportedly boarded two buses at the park managed by an Akwa-Ibom transportation company were said to have been attacked and kidnapped along the Owerri-Onitsha Road.
This was disclosed in a video shared on X on Thursday.
The video recorded by a relative of one of the PCMs captured a woman calling on other parents and relatives whose children travelled to the affected states to take immediate action and seek information about their whereabouts.
She disclosed that a driver had confirmed the kidnapping and that security operatives were already working to trace the abductors.
“If you know you have children that went to NYSC camp, Abia State, Imo State, Enugu State, better start coming now.
“Our sister reached out to us this morning that they kidnapped them this morning. We have spoken to the driver and he also confirmed it that they have been kidnapped.
“And the commissioner and the police and the soldier, they are already tracing the kidnappers.
“We want to contact the soldier. We can also alert you that your children have been kidnapped.” She said.
However, the total number of the abducted victims cannot be ascertained as the time of filing this report with the NYSC and the police also yet to confirm the incident.
Meanwhile latest videos emerging on X showed the attacked the Akwa-Ibom State Government-branded buses suspected to have conveyed the prospective corp members parked along the Owerri-Onitsha Road with all its occupants feared abducted.
The incident had drawn attention of youths within the community who barricaded the road.
They confronted a team of police officers who arrived at the scene but were directed by the youths to go to bush and rescue the kidnap victims.
