Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have struck again in Kuje suburbs of Abuja, killing one person and abducting a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, along with his two children. The attack happened at Dafara community whose District Head, Makeri Joseph, told newsmen in Kuje on Thursday, October 10th that the incident happened around midnight with the gunmen shooting sporadically into the air. It was the second kidnapping incident in the area this week. Joseph said the gunmen, who were in army camouflage, came in large numbers and wielded sophisticated weapons. He said that they killed a community vigilante and whisked away a NSCDC officer with his two children. He called on the Kuje Area Council administration and FCT Minister to urgently address the rising insecurity in the area. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, said it had commenced a joint counter operation against kidnapping in Kuje and its environs. DSP Anjuguri Manzahp,…
Source: Linda Ikeji
