Bandits had on Thursday, reportedly abducted 23 residents of Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
The Councillor representing the area, Abdulmumini Zakari, had been the one to confirm the abduction, saying that the gunmen stormed the community from the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State and split themselves into groups.
A part of the group went into the palace of the district head, Alhaji Abdurrahman Danjuma Ali, where they kidnapped his son, Lukman, and his wife, whom he had only just married two weeks ago.
The rest attacked the compound of Alhaji Alhassan Sidi Kawu, the Marafa of Kawu and a former PDP Chairman of Kawu Ward.
Zakaribhad also said that the bandits abducted the former PDP chairman, along with his four children. “They also stormed the compound of Sarkin Pawan Kawu, Gambo Pawa, and abducted him, and his two wives and children.”
SP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Command spokeswoman confirmed the incident.
This seems to be a new occurrence in Nigeria’s political capital within the last few weeks as several residents of the FCT have been abducted by bandits.
