Gunmen abducted about 17 people from Benue state of Nigeria on 24 November while they were traveling in a bus. The wedding guests to Ilorin in Kwara state were intercepted at the hilly area between Okene and Ibilo in Kogi and Edo states respectively by suspected kidnappers.
The wedding guests were said to have left Gboko town in Benue state to attend the wedding of the nephew of a popular man of God based in Gboko, local government area of the state, Brother Gbile Akanni, who is with the Peace House Mission.
Tension has mounted so high as to the whereabouts and health condition of the victims especially since the abductors have remained mute. The kidnappers were yet to contact the family five days after the kidnap incident said the relatives of the kidnapped ones.