Panic As Gunmen Strike Again, Kidnap 8 Women In FCT

Just two days after the abduction of the father of the vice chairman of Kwali Area Council of the FCT, along with six others, by gunmen in Yewuti village in Kwali, another incident occurred, eight women were once again abducted, this time from a farm in Gwombe village in Gwargwada Chiefdom in Kuje Area Council of the territory.

A resident of Gwargwada, Usman Yakubu, said the incident happened around 5pm on Monday.

He said the women, all housewives, harvesting benni seed when the gunmen wielding AK-47 rifles appeared and surrounded them.

A chief from a village in the chiefdom, who preferred anonymity, confirmed the abduction, saying, “In fact, four among the women are from one house.”

He added that, “I suspect that these gunmen that abducted our women are among those ones that escaped from neighbouring Kabbi village who were roaming inside the bush after Miyetti Allah vigilantes neutralised some of them over the weekend.”

There was no response from the spokeswoman of the FCT Police Command, SP Adeh Josephine, over the incident.