By Abiola Olawale
A group of armed men suspected to be bandits reportedly invaded the Danhonu community located in the Millennium city of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting two journalists.
According to reports emerging on Sunday, the suspected bandits attacked the Danhonu Community in the late hours of Saturday and reportedly kidnapped Alhaji Abdulgafar Alabelewe and AbdulRaheem Aodu who are reporters of The Nation and The Blueprint Newspaper respectively.
The two journalists were said to have been kidnapped alongside their wives and children.
Alabelewe is the current chairman of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council.
A family member of one of the victims, Taofeeq Olayemi, who spoke with the press confirmed the incident.
According to him, the suspected bandits stormed the community at about 10:30 pm on Saturday and started shooting sporadically before carrying out the kidnap.
He said: “Initially, they picked Alhaji Abdulgafar, his wife and three of his children and a girl staying with them before asking the girl to return with one of the children, leaving with Abdulgafar, his wife and two children.
“They shattered their doors, and windows and removed their burglary after scaling the fence.
“They came around 10:30 pm on Saturday and started shooting sporadically. They first forced Aodu’s door open picked up him and his wife and left their sick daughter behind.
“Then, they entered Abdulgafar’s house through the fence and jumped into his house. They went straight into his bedroom and picked him, his wife and two of their kids and left immediately, after which the vigilantes arrived and started shooting into the air.”
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Police Command was yet to react or confirm the development as of the time of filing this report.
