Teachers and pupils of a private nursery school in Emure, headquarters of Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State have been abducted by gunmen.

The gunmen intercepted the school bus conveying the pupils and the teachers at about 5pm on Monday, January 29, along Eporo-Ekiti, in the Emure area of the state.

Sources said six of the pupils, three teachers and the bus driver were kidnapped and their whereabouts yet unknown.

“They were kidnapped after their school bus was intercepted in Eporo Ekiti, at a location that shares a boundary with Ondo state on Monday evening, ” the source said.

This incident happened the same day when gunmen shot dead two traditional rulers in Oke-Ako axis of Ikole Local Government Area of the state.

Watch a video showing the school bus that was attacked below;