Gunmen on Tuesday resumed their activities in Benue State after allegedly kidnapping three persons including a policeman and two other victims.

The incident reportedly took place at the Ahume end of the Naka/Makurdi Road in Benue State.

The three abducted persons were said to be returning from a burial ceremony on Tuesday when the suspects ambushed them at about 4pm on the expressway.

The victims were therafter whisked away by the gunmen to an unknown destination.

It was learnt that following the abduction, the suspects contacted the relatives of the victims and demanded the sum of N1.7m as ransom.

The Chairman of Gwer West Local Government Area (LGA) in Benue State, Andrew Ayande, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday, said the area was notorious for criminality.

“This incident happened on Tuesday, we lost one prominent person around the place on Monday and they took the corpse home on Tuesday,” Ayande said as quoted by PUNCH Metro.

He further said that the hoodlums came as usual and attacked the people in one of the vehicles.

“A policeman and two others were kidnapped around 4pm at Ahume, Naka/Makurdi Road, and the vehicle the victims were in has been taken to Naka Police Station,” Ayande explained.

When asked if the abductors had contacted the victims’ relatives, the Gwer West LGA chairman said they had and already demanded a ransom.

“The abductors were demanding N200,000 from the family of the police, N1m from the woman and they also demanded N500,000 from the other victim.”