Kidnapped residents of the Dawaki space in Abuja are nonetheless within the arms of their kidnappers, The Guardian has realized.
A resident of the world who confided in The Guardian famous, “The kidnap victims haven’t been launched. They’re nonetheless being held. It occurred in my space.”
In a brand new wave of kidnappings within the Federal Capital Territory, no fewer than 20 residents of Dawaki, a neighborhood close to Kubwa, have been reportedly kidnapped.
Earlier than safety personnel responded to misery calls, the abductors reportedly raided homes on Frank Opara Road locally.
The Chairman of Dawaki Rock Heaven Group, Mr. Tunde Abdulrahim, stated in an announcement on Monday that the incident occurred at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Abdulrahim stated the armed males, numbering about 50, invaded the neighborhood and broke into about six homes.
In response to the incident, SP Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson for the FCT police command, stated Police Commissioner Benneth Igweh instantly led policemen to the scene and engaged the abductors in a gun battle. She insisted that the kidnapping was foiled.
The Federal Capital Territory has once more been gripped with apprehension after the killing of a Federal Inland Income Service (FIRS) workers member and the kidnapping of 13 individuals in Piko, a distant neighborhood within the Bwari Space Council of Abuja, two weeks in the past.
The assault in Bwari occurred on Sunday night time, Could 5, 2024, at round 11 p.m., with none problem from safety businesses or the vigilante group.
Just some days after the Bwari assault, unknown gunmen, whom police tagged assassins, murdered a Federal Inland Income Service workers member, Khalid Bichi.
Bichi was reportedly murdered in intellectual Maitama. His killing despatched shivers down the spines of residents of that space. It’s well-known that high officers in Abuja, senior authorities officers, some senators, and the Inspector Common of Police dwell in Maitama.
Findings revealed that Khalid Bichi was shot a number of instances by his assailants at round 9:00 p.m. when he stepped out to get some meals.
The late Khalid, who was rushed to the Common Hospital in Maitama, was reportedly confirmed ‘introduced in useless’ (BiD).
The Dawaki raid by kidnappers is the third within the final three weeks.
The widespread and unreported circumstances of insecurity across the outskirts, characterised by frequent and indiscriminate kidnappings up to now few weeks, have gotten worrisome.