Gunmen Kidnap 23 In FCT

No fewer than 40 bandits in the early hours of Thursday invaded the Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of the FCT in the early hours of Thursday, kidnapping 23 people.

Niger and Kaduna are the two states Kawu shares boundaries.

Abdulmumini Zakari, the Councilor representing the area, said the bandits stormed the community on Wednesday from the Kuyeri Forest of Kaduna State.

He narrated: “They divided themselves into groups, and some went into the palace of the district head, Alhaji Abdurrahman Danjuma Ali, where they abducted his son, Lukman, and his wife, whom he married two weeks ago. Others attacked the compound of Alhaji Alhassan Sidi Kawu, the Marafa of Kawu and a former PDP Chairman of Kawu Ward. They abducted him along with his four children.”

The gunmen reportedly entered the compound of Sarkin Pawan Kawu, Gambo S Pawa, and kidnapped him and his two wives and some children.

S.P. Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Command spokesperson, confirmed the incident to Daily Trust yesterday.

She said: “Some unknown hoodlums stormed Kawu village, a bordering community with Kagarko LGA, in Kaduna State, and kidnapped people. The truth is that the miscreants raided that general area and escaped into Kaduna State.”