Dare devil bandits are said to have taken over the Ilorin–Ogbomoso highway as travellers are daily being abducted and robbed motorists along the busy route that link Kwara and Oyo states.
Residents and commercial drivers who spoke to Newsmen said the highway—an important corridor for trade and passenger movement between the two states—had become increasingly dangerous, especially at night, due to frequent bandit attacks.
Drivers operating from Okolowo Garage in Ilorin said armed men routinely emerge from bushes along poorly lit sections of the road, stopping vehicles at gunpoint to rob passengers and, in some cases, abduct them for