An ambulance, a white Toyota Hiace, conveying medical equipment was attacked at the boundary between Ondo and Edo states on Friday. Some medical offic
An ambulance, a white Toyota Hiace, conveying medical equipment was attacked at the boundary between Ondo and Edo states on Friday. Some medical officials were inside the ambulance, when it was attacked.
A source said the ambulance was conveying drugs used in treating lassa fever patients to an undisclosed location, when the attackers struck.
“The team was traveling in the bus (ambulance) to deliver the medical equipment meant to fight the Lassa Fever when the gunmen struck on Benin road. They ambushed, and attacked the medical team and later shot at the security personnel in the vehicle as I was told, they kidnapped those in the ambulance,” the source said.
Ondo is one of the hot beds of the South West owing to frequent attacks by insurgents and kidnappers. Earlier in the week, Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor, narrated how suspected kidnappers targeted his convoy. He said his security aides had to open fire before the suspects fled.
