“Whenever security men were coming with helicopters, somebody among the security people would call the bandits ahead of time. AdvertisementThe woman was among more than 30 passengers abducted on May 31 along the Obajana axis of Kogi State while travelling from Akure, Ondo State, to Abuja. In November 2025, troops rescued 21 passengers abducted after gunmen attacked multiple vehicles on the Osokoko-Obajana Highway in Lokoja Local Government Area. On February 3, 2024, gunmen kidnapped 14 passengers travelling in vehicles belonging to GIGM and ABC Transport on a Kogi highway. Earlier in January 2024, security operatives rescued 21 travellers who had been kidnapped along the Ajaokuta-Itobe Road two days after they were taken captive.