Nigeria, March 2 -- Armed men on Monday set ablaze a vehicle conveying cashew products on the Egbe-Eruku Road in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, in the latest security incident reported in the area.

The attack occurred on Monday morning. Egbe Mekun Parrot, a community-based newspaper, reported that the assailants intercepted the vehicle shortly after it left Egbe and forced the driver and his companion to abandon it. Both occupants reportedly escaped without injury.

After the two men fled into nearby bushes, the attackers set the vehicle on fire, destroying the cashew products it was transporting to market.

Residents said the Egbe-Eruku corridor has in recent months become increasingly unsafe, with farmers and traders e...