"In the same vein, yellow buses, popularly called 'Danfo', must not carry more than eight passengers (two on a row), tricycles are to carry just two passengers at the back, while private car owners must also observe the physical distancing,"
Punch Metro gathered that the hoodlums, who had contacted the family of the victims, demanded N1m ransom on each for the passengers. A source said, "The gunmen have reduced the ransom to N100,000 for each of the passengers.
The three passengers had one luggage each. "At the Departure Hall, three bags belonging to the three passengers were given to one Bako A. Salisu, who weighed the bags, tagged and gave the labels to the passengers.
There was an uproar at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State as the staff of the airport refused to release passengers' luggage to protest over unpaid salaries.
An Urumqi Air stewardess has been suspended after she was caught on video eating food meant for passengers. According to ChannelNewswAsia, the airline confirmed this in a statement on Thursday.
It is believed that the operatives are, as usual, holding passengers to ransom before requesting for cash. At one point, one of the officers is seen stepping inside the bus. The other one stands guard looking on.
The passengers were rescued after a gun battle between the police and the kidnappers. Nnamdi Omoni, DSP, the Rivers Police Public Relations Officer who confirmed the rescue said the passengers were unhurt.
He was detained and other passengers were allowed to go. You can see that stop and search is so important, I quite agree that it may inconvenience passengers, but pls always be patient and cooperate with the Police.''
Aggrieved passengers of Max Airline created a scene at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja today after their flight was delayed over a period of time. The aggrieved passengers stormed the counter of the airline to protest the delay.
The video showed the passengers jumping off the plane in parachutes. It is not clear if all the passengers in the plane made it out. However, some of the passengers were seen as they jumped out moments before the plane crashed.
This degenerated into rowdiness at the domestic airport (MM1) leaving passengers scheduled for morning flights stranded. The irate passengers also complained that the airline refused to give them food or water.
According to reports, God is Good Motors was with 12 passengers while ABC was with two passengers. Abductors of the 14 passengers of Abuja-bound buses had contacted families of the victims, demanding N15M as ransom.