Military Officer's Wife, Six Others Abducted As Bandits Attack Kaduna Communities

The abducted victims

The wife of a military personnel and six others have been abducted by bandits that attacked Keke A and Keke B communities in New Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna.

It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers stormed the area around 11 pm on Tuesday, June 21, and operated for over one hour before security operatives came to engage them in a gun duel.

One Mika'ilu Ango Bakura and his wife were also kidnapped by bandits last night in Kaduna, however, it cannot be ascertained if the couple were among those abducted from New millenium City.

According to a resident of the area who spoke to Nigerian Tribune, three persons were kidnapped by the bandits at Keke ‘A’.

The source who is a primary school teacher, in one of the schools in the area revealed that the bandits were suspected to have targeted a house of the military officer located at Keke.

"The bandits came around 11 pm. I think their main target was a house at Keke A. The house belongs to a military officer. But at the time of the attack, the officer was not at home. So, the kidnappers broke into the house and picked up his wife," the resident said.

"They also kidnapped another man who is the immediate neighbour of the military officer. In fact, the neighbour was picked alongside his eight-year-old daughter, but they eventually dropped the little girl when they would not bear the yelling of the mother,"

"I think it was at the point they started shooting sporadically to scare away people who might think of coming to their aid. While, all that was happening, another man who was just returning home in his car at that time ran into the kidnappers. He was the third person that was taken away,” the source said.

"As of this morning, we saw many shoes on the ground and we became scared that those must be the shoes of the people kidnapped. But, one of the people who escaped the attack told us the shoes belong to those who ran away.”

A resident of Keke ‘B’, told Nigerian Tribune that he just returned home and was taking his shower when he started hearing gunshots.

He however said that a man, his wife and their two house girls were kidnapped in Keke ‘B’.

“I was so terrified. I just got out of the bathroom abruptly and switched off all the lights inside my house. The gunshots were so close, that it was like the bandits were inside my compound. I later discovered that one man, his wife and their two house girls were kidnapped,” the resident said.