Bandits have abducted newlywed couple, Funmilayo Bamidele and her husband, Reverend Abiodun David in-between Kogi and Kwara States border areas of Eruku-Iyemero Road.

The incident occurred along the Iyemero-Eruku Road, where the couple and others were intercepted by armed bandits

The couples were said to be returning from their engagement ceremony in Eruku when they were abducted with four others on Saturday.

Our reporter reliably learnt that the vehicle conveying them was expected to take the Isanlu Road, but for the driver who chose a back road in order to drop the Best-Man and other members of the group in Iyamoye, Kogi state.

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police (CP), Adekimi Ojo, who confirmed the story said that soldiers are already in the bush to fish out the perpetrators and free the couple.

The police commisioner, who said that the vehicle, in which the couple were travelling, was parked at an abandoned police station in Ayetoro, Ekiti state, added that police operatives in the affected three states are jointly carrying out rescue operation since the crime was committed along border communities in the three states.