Gunmen abduct 12-year old, eight others in Abuja
Emergency Digest – Suspected gunmen have abducted nine people, including a 12-year-old boy in Pegi community, a resettlement area in Kuje area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
It was reported that the victims were kidnapped on the night of Monday, October 7, around 8:00pm by gunmen who dressed in military camouflage.
Reports say that the gunmen shot at two vehicles, including one Nissan frontier and Toyota Solara. It was learned that the bullets deflated the tyres and created deep holes on the vehicles, thereby leaving one of the victims in critical condition.
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It was learnt that a victim who was released on health ground said the attackers could not be less than 20. The report also said that the kidnappers had called on the morning of Monday, October 7, demanding N10 million ransom from a relative of the abductees.
This is the second kidnap incidence in the community. It was gathered that last year, four people were kidnapped along the same makeshift path to the community that housed naval quarters.
A naval officer and one civilian were said to have been seriously injured at the scene which is less than 300 metres to the community in the December 6, 2018 incident.
The victims were reported to have been stopped while driving home around the same time in the night. The report also note that the abductees trekked for eight hours through forest before finally reaching the kidnappers’ den in Nasarawa state.
