- The gunmen invaded the community from the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State and divided themselves into groups.
At least twenty three persons have been abducted in a fresh attack on an Abuja community by rampaging bandits.
The victims were abducted when the bandits stormed the Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Thursday.
The Councilor representing the area, Abdulmumini Zakari, confirmed the incident to newsmen.
According to him, the gunmen invaded the community from the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State and divided themselves into groups.
He said some went into the palace of the district head, Alhaji Abdurrahman Danjuma Ali, where they abducted his son, Lukman, and his wife, who he married two weeks ago.
“Others attacked the compound of Alhaji Alhassan Sidi Kawu, the Marafa of Kawu and a former PDP Chairman of Kawu Ward,” he said.
He disclosed that the bandits abducted the former PDP chairman along with his four children, adding that the bandits thereafter went into the compound of Sarkin Pawan Kawu, Gambo Pawa, and abducted him, alongside his two wives and children.
The FCT Police Command spokeswoman, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident.
Many communities in the FCT have come under invasion by armed non-state actors in recent weeks with many residents abducted during the atracks.
Many residents, especially those leaving in satellite towns and outskirts of the city, are now consumed by trepidation as they are mostly vulnerable to these attacks and criminal activities.
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