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The protesters who blocked the roads for countless hours, thereby causing traffic gridlock, demanded that government officials come to the area and tackle them prior to they would reopen the road to traffic.
It was gathered that the Chairman of Makurdi LGA, Joseph Keffi, in firm of other government officials, later arrived the scene where they assured the network that the council would collaborate together with security agencies to firm the protected outcome of the abducted residents.
Police Audience Relations Officer (PPRO), Peter Aondongu, still, told our correspondent on telephone that the command did not receive any correct document around the kidnapping, but that its operatives on patrol along the course at the weekend sighted an abandoned vehicle and suspected that occupants might have been taken away.
He said that the police could not validate the count of victims abducted till the details of incident are made provide to the command.
Aondongu, who said that the police later cleared the road, allowing motorists and other road users to shift freely and businesses to resume in the area, additional appealed to the protesting network for patience as security operatives are functioning to rescue the victims.
Women from Tyomu category in Makurdi Area Government Area of Benue Situation on Tuesday protested the abduction of 18 residents, including eight women, kidnapped along the Adoka-Ankpa road whereas travelling to Kogi Situation for a burial.
Our correspondent reports that the protesters blocked the Makurdi-Gboko road at Tyomu, Fidi Council Ward, demanding government intervention to firm the article of the victims, who were reportedly abducted by gunmen on Friday evening shortly once Adoka along the Benue/Kogi boundary.
The protesters said the victims, who were travelling in a bus to attend a burial, had remained in captivity despite efforts to elevate capital demanded by their abductors.
They said that the kidnappers demanded N30 million ransom, whilst residents reportedly raised and paid N3 million, but the victims were yet to be released.
