Bandits Kill One Person, Kidnap Corps Member And Seven Others, As They Invade Abuja
Category: Crime News
Suspected armed bandits late struck at the Arab Road Extension 2 in Kubwa
district of the FCT late Tuesday, and abducted a serving Youth Corps member,
one Adenike, and seven others while killing one resident.
Sources
said that Miss Adenike who is the only daughter of her parents was abducted
when the bandit’s stormed some buildings along the Arab road, shooting
sporadically and whisking away any resident they could lay their hands
on.
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Two persons were said to have been hit by the gunshots resulting in one
allegedly dying on the spot while the other was rushed to the hospital after
the bandits made away with victims abducted.
Sources said the
bandits gained entrance into the Arab road extension from a hill which serves
as a buffer for residents of the area.
“Apart from the Youth
Corper, we are looking for seven other resident’s. Nobody can sleep anymore.
It was like a war zone the way they were shooting. Luckily two of those
kidnapped escaped. That is how we knew seven persons were taken away”, a
resident said.
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“From Amilomania Street, they moved to Toyin Street, all in Extension 2
Relocation, along Arab Road, in Kubwa” the source said adding that “one of the
victims shot dead is a popular tailor in the area.
The source said
the bandit’s may have resorted to using the hilly area to gain entrance into
the street to avoid the Vigilante who are stationed in the popular entrance of
the street, to avoid a fight back.
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