November 10, 2022
Commuters travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway have been subjected to several attacks by gunmen in recent times.
Some Nigerians on Twitter have narrated how Nigerian soldiers saved them from being kidnapped by gunmen on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday.
One of them, Bellasima thanked the Nigerian Army for showing up at the right time while offering her condolences to those who were killed during the attack.
“Nigerian Army just saved us from being kidnapped on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Omooo,thank you God. I am sorry about the ones who got kidnapped and shot,” she wrote.
Another user, @Mustyinc5 who claimed to also be a survivor of the attack claimed it happened around Foursquare Camp gate, Ajebo, along the busy highway.
He wrote, “Just by Foursquare Church gate. The experience was terrible. Saw a guy who received gun shot bullet wound and was eventually rescued and rushed to the hospital. Saw a driver whose leg was smashed with Nigerian Army just saved us from being kidnapped on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.”
Commuters travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway have been subjected to several attacks by gunmen in recent times.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported how a young lady, Amina, her friend and some other road users were kidnapped near Satguru Maharaj Ji Village along the road in October.
The kidnappers contacted the families of the victims and demanded a ransom running into millions of naira.
It was later reported that Aminat, her friend, Prof. Adigun Agbaje, former deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan, and Olayemi Adejare, a student at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic in Abeokuta, Ogun State, were all freed after being held captive for two days.
A video of an attack on the road on Tuesday shows a man, who survived bullet wounds, recounting his experience.
“I thought I was dead, having been shot by them.
“They faced our vehicle shooting at us, we all lay down except the driver who was the target. They thought we were all dead and retreated into the bush,” he said.
The joint patrol team of police officers from Ogun and Oyo states arrived at the scene later.