Kidnappers kill man, abduct wife, 5 others in Abuja suburb

Kidnappers have shot dead a man identified as Musa Abari and abducted his wife, Hulaira, along with five others in Kasada village of Kuje Area Council of the FCT. A resident of the area, Danjuma Musa, said the incident happened around 11:30pm on Monday, when the kidnappers in their large numbers, wielding AK-47 rifles, invaded […]

Kidnappers have shot dead a man identified as Musa Abari and abducted his wife, Hulaira, along with five others in Kasada village of Kuje Area Council of the FCT.

A resident of the area, Danjuma Musa, said the incident happened around 11:30pm on Monday, when the kidnappers in their large numbers, wielding AK-47 rifles, invaded the community.

He said some of the kidnappers forced themselves into the house, and as the man tried to prevent them from taking his wife, one of the kidnappers shot him on the chest.

“Some of the kidnappers positioned themselves at strategic places in the village, while others forced their way into the deceased’s house,” he said.

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According to him, the kidnappers, after abducting the woman, proceeded to their neighbours’ houses, where they whisked away five other victims, before making their way back into the bush.

Musa said the deceased was buried on Tuesday.

City & Crime also gathered that a similar incident happened last week when kidnappers attacked Kwaku village and abducted five villagers, including a pastor in the area.

There was no official response from the spokeswoman of the FCT police command, DSP Adeh Josephine, over the latest kidnapping incident at the time of filing this report.