Unknown gunmen have kidnapped  a fully loaded commercial bus conveying  passengers along Port Harcourt-Owerri road at Omurele community in Ikwerre Local Council of Rivers State.

A commercial bus driver  was said to be returning from Owerri to Port Harcourt with his passengers, and his conductor when they were ambushed at gunpoint by the hoodlums on Wednesday night.

Another commercial driver who plies the same route and was driving behind the victims explained that the kidnappers shot the driver in the leg, and left him while the passengers were led into a nearby forest around Umudioga.

An eyewitness, who gave his name as Dan Jumbo said the driver was immediately rushed to the hospital for medical attention while his vehicle was still abandoned within the pipeline area along the Omurele-Elele axis of Port Harcourt-Owerri road, adding that the matter has been reported to the Nigeria Police at Elele Division.