Criminals Attack Ifesinachi Bus, Set It Ablaze After Robbing Passengers in Ogun State

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed a distressing incident where armed criminals attacked and looted a commercial bus at Oke Ado Junction, in Ijebu Imushin, along the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway.

According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, the assault took place in the early hours of Saturday as passengers were en route to the South-East geopolitical zone for Easter festivities.

“It happened in Oke Ado junction at Ijebu Mushin. A luxury bus of Mercedes Benz was burnt down. The vehicle was coming from Maza Maza (in Lagos State) before it encountered the hoodlums,” stated the police spokesperson.

The targeted bus, operated by Ifesinachi Transport Ltd., was a 59-seater vehicle. Disturbing accounts shared by some passengers via social media revealed the harrowing ordeal they faced.

“We were travelling in the night to come back to the East for Easter celebrations, and criminals attacked us in Ijebu Ode along the Ore-Benin Expressway,” recounted one passenger.

“They robbed us of everything we had, they stripped some 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,” the passenger added.

Despite the traumatic experience, there were no reported fatalities, though some passengers sustained injuries. The authorities are currently investigating the incident.