Six people were feared missing after gunmen attacked six Hummer buses carrying officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kogi State in the early hours of Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the incident occurred around 2 a.m. on March 19 at Obajana, leaving several officials—among them policemen and drivers—with gunshot wounds. The six missing persons include two serving members of the National Youth Service Corps and four former corps members. The injured have been admitted to the Federal Medical Centre, now Federal University Teaching Hospital, in Lokoja.
Salisu Ibrahim, one of the bus drivers who was shot in his right leg and is recuperating at the hospital, told NAN that the attackers took them by surprise. “We were on our way back to Lokoja from Abujor RAC with the results of the House of Assembly election held there when we were attacked by some people. All six buses moving in a convoy were attacked, and in the process many of us sustained injuries. Thank God, none of us died, but I learned some youth corps members are missing during the attack on us early this morning,” Ibrahim narrated.
NAN also gathered that Maj‑Gen. Sunday Igbinomwanhia, Commander of the Headquarters Command Army Records; Hale Longpet, Kogi INEC Residential Electoral Commissioner; and Mofoluwaso Williams, Kogi NYSC Coordinator, have visited the injured in the hospital. The spokesman for the Kogi Police Command, SP Williams Ovye‑Aya, confirmed the incident, saying the police are handling the situation. “We are aware of the sad incident and are preparing to issue a statement on the attack,” he said.
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