Gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of residents including children from Kwankwashe community located along Suleja/Madalla road, Niger State, Wednesday.
The gunmen that raided the community took their victims from 3 houses and a hotel within Unguwar Fulani area of the metropolitan town, according to a source.
“I became aware of their presence when they started hitting our compound’s gate.” A mother, Faith Lucky, whose two children a 17-year-old girl, and a 15-year-old boy, were taken, revealed.
The woman who said it took them about 20 minutes to pull down the gate noted that they flashed light, and pointed a gun towards her.
“I woke up my children immediately and made an attempt to glance toward them through my window. But within a few minutes they rushed towards there and broke part of the window’s burglary.
“They flashed light, and pointed a gun towards me, directing that I should open the room’s door.”
She explained further that they forced them to surrender their phones along with the available money in their possession, before leaving with the two children.
Another resident asserted that the gunmen arrived her compound around 1 am, but she escaped along with her husband while the gunmen were able to reach a section where her visiting mother and brother in-laws were.
“So my brother-in-law remained with mama who could not move away. That was how they abducted him and also took our other belongings like phones, laptops, as well as clothes and shoes.”
It was learnt that the gunmen were said to have also abducted two hotel staff in the area, adding that they operated for more than an hour before fleeing on hearing the police siren.
