Armed assailants have abducted six mourners—including the husband of a deceased woman—while they were transporting her remains for burial along Adoka Road in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.
Assailants intercept burial procession on transit
The incident occurred at approximately 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2026.
According to preliminary reports, the deceased woman had passed away in Kano State, and her family members were conveying her body to Okpoga in Okpokwu Local Government Area for her final funeral rites when their vehicle was ambushed by gunmen.
The abductors forced all six occupants out of the vehicle and marched them into the surrounding forest, leaving the deceased woman’s corpse abandoned on the open highway.
Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) discovered the body on Saturday morning and deposited it at the police station in Adoka before it was subsequently transferred to a local morgue.
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