A group of armed men carried out a brazen attack and looting on a luxury bus at Oke Ado Junction in Ijebu-mushin, along the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway on Saturday.
It was gathered that the passengers were heading to the southeast to celebrate Easter when this incident occurred.
The hoodlums, after successfully robbing the passengers, decided to set the bus ablaze.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday.
Odutola said, “It happened in Oke Ado junction at Ijebu Mushin. A luxury Mercedes Benz bus was burnt down. The vehicle was coming from Maza Maza before it encountered the hoodlums. No reference to gun was made.They (the hoodlums) wielded cutlasses.”
The 59-seater bus was said to be operated by Ifesinachi Transport Limited.
In a video shared on social media, some of the passengers who were affected by the incident bravely shared their accounts.
They described how they were confronted by the hoodlums, who not only stole their belongings but also set the bus on fire.
One of the passengers said, “Ifesinachi Motors, we were travelling in the night to come back to the East for Easter celebration, and criminals attacked us in Ijebu Ode along Ore-Benin Expressway.
“They robbed us of everything we had, some they stripped half-naked. They locked us inside the 59-seater luxury bus and set it ablaze. We thank God that we later escaped; nobody died, but everything we had was collected.
“We thank God that we didn’t lose anyone but we lost everything we were travelling with and some sustained injuries.
“This is Ifesinachi Motors that we are travelling with on Friday night and this attack happened around 2am.
“They stripped us half-naked. You can see it; the people in the vehicle are completely stranded. There are some people who were macheted and some who broke their legs. We have children among us.”
