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Published 11 December 2020
Edo State is in the news again as kidnappers have found safe haven forests by the sides of highways in some parts of the state, ADEYINKA ADEDIPE writes that many motorists and commuters have fallen into the hands of the evil men
Drivers and commuters have continued to face a harrowing experience in the hands of daredevil kidnappers on the Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi Road, which serves as a link between the southern and the northern parts of Nigeria. The last two weeks have witnessed some of the most heartless attacks on unsuspecting members of the public, who are either killed or held captive in the forest for huge ransoms. What is more heart-wrenching is the fact that some of the victims are the downtrodden, who cannot afford the ransoms that the men of the underworld are demanding.