Gunmen storm Nasarawa community, kill young man, abduct pregnant woman, nine others

0
287


Gunmen storm Nasarawa community, kill young man, abduct pregnant woman, nine others

Gunmen on Monday stormed Kana town in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, killing one person identified as Emmanuel and abducting 10 others including a pregnant woman.

 

Chairman of Nasarawa Local Government, Mohammed Sani Ottos, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, September 22, said the gunmen came from the Kana hill and went back through the same route. The hill stretched from Kana to Maraba Udege, Onda, Agwada, Nasarawa Eggon to Wamba towns and beyond to other states.

“It is confirmed that some gunmen have stormed the town of kana town on Monday night, they were well armed, scared the people after they fired several gun shots,” he said.

 

“At the end of their operation, we discovered that one person was killed, 10 were kidnapped while several people sustained various degrees of injuries. I was there myself to ascertain the level of damage cause by the gunmen and I condemned the act, I visited the town to sympathise with the families of the slain, abducted…



Source: Linda Ikeji