Bandits in army uniform abduct 20 in Abuja

About 20 folks have reportedly been kidnapped by gunmen in army uniform numbering about 50, who invaded the Dawaki group in Abuja. 

Each day Belief reported that Dawaki, a closely populated neighbourhood, the place hundreds of staff within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stay, is positioned reverse the Gwarinpa Property, the most important organised single settlement in Nigeria, positioned alongside the Abuja-Kubwa Expressway.

Based on the publication, the bandits armed with completely different classes of weapons, stormed Dawaki round 7.30 pm on Sunday, Could 19, and operated up until round 8.30 pm.

This occurred after kidnappers additionally invaded Shagari Quarters in Dei-Dei, which is about 5 kilometres away on the identical Abuja-Kubwa Expressway and kidnapped the household of a Customs officer.

Confirming the event, a resident of Dawaki, Hosea Christopher, mentioned the bandits kidnapped 17 residents from three homes and on the road alongside Fulani Junction. He mentioned 5 of the abductees escaped whereas being taken in direction of a mountain on the outskirts of the realm.

Hosea additionally mentioned that while the bandits have been heading to a forest across the Usuma Dam, they have been confronted by DSS operatives. He added; 

“They instantly opened fireplace on the safety males however there was corresponding response. Regardless of the fierce offensive by the DSS operatives, the bandits have been capable of escape.”

Abel James, a resident who escaped abduction, mentioned, the attackers “wore uniforms and had face masks.” He mentioned;

“However I doubted their genuineness after they began taking pictures sporadically. As they moved in direction of the group, I headed right into a home below building and climbed upstairs from the place I saved their operation, with gunshots as they have been leaving in direction of the hill.

“We later learnt that two of the gunmen have been captured by the safety males that included DSS and troopers who joined them later across the Usuma Dam, the place the hearth alternate befell.”

FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Benneth Igweh, who confirmed the incident on Monday, Could 20, mentioned he led the rescue operation on Sunday round Ushafa-Shishipe by means of the Mpape hills.

He mentioned that the operation adopted a misery name after an assault on some residents of Dawaki by gunmen. He mentioned; 

“We superior in direction of the assailants, tactically ambushing them at Ushafa Hill by way of Bwari right down to Shishipe, leading to a fierce gun battle with the hoodlums, which pressured them to flee with bullet wounds and we rescued a number of the kidnapped victims.”

Igweh additional revealed that the rescued victims are within the hospital receiving medical consideration.