Some daredevil gunmen numbering over 20 on Friday, March 10, 2023, invaded Grow Homes Estate in the Kubuwa neighbourhood of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja kidnaping nine residents.
According to residents who confirmed the development, the estate was attacked around 11:30 p.m.
A resident said the gunmen launched the attack from two apartments in the estate.
” Yesterday, at about 11:30 pm some gunmen in their large numbers came to carry out an operation at Grow homes estate along Kuchibiyi. We heard the sounds of gunshots, there was panic in the entire community as a result of the incident.
“This morning, we went to the estate and we learnt those gunmen were about 20. They moved from one apartment to the other dispossessing people of their belongings. They also kidnapped at least nine persons including children and women from two apartments in the estate.
“They escaped through the bush which linked the community to Paze village. The police and the estate security have been searching the bush since morning to see if they can rescue the kidnapped residents.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident.
She explained that police and the estate security are combing the bushes in the area to ensure the victims are rescued.
Adeh said, “Upon receipt of the distress call, we immediately deployed our men to the scene. The suspects however abruptly suspended their operations and took some victims with them into the bush.
“Operatives of the Police and the estate security are still combing the bushes in the area to ensure they are rescued unhurt.”
She urged residents of the area not to panic, calling on them to help the police with credible information that could lead to the arrest of the assailants.
“We urge the residents to remain calm and assist with useful information that could lead to the swift arrest of these criminals,” Adeh added.
Gunmen Kill Baptist Pastor’s Son, Abduct 3 Others In Kaduna
Gunmen have killed the son of a village pastor and abducted his wife in Kaduna State.
Journalists were told on the phone that the bandits attacked Karimbu-Kahugu Community in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Friday, March 10, 2023.
“A Baptist resident pastor’s son was killed. They also took away the wife and three others,” a source said.
Although the spokesman of the Police in Kaduna could not be reached for comments, Vice Chairman of Kahugu National Development Associations, Peter Mukaddas, said they were mourning the deceased.
According to him, the bandits moved straight to the pastor’s house when they raided the community and committed the dastardly act.
Days To Christmas Day, Gunmen Kidnap Catholic Priest In Benue
Mark Ojotu, a catholic priest, Chaplain of St Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga, in Okpokwu Local Government area of Benue State, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
DAILY POST learnt that the incident, which happened on Thursday, December 22, 2022, barely four days before Christmas, had plunged residents of the community into panic.
A statement issued by the Diocesan Chancellor, Rev Fr Joseph Aboyi Itodo, said the Bishop of Otukpo Catholic Diocese, His Excellency, Most Rev Fr Michael Apochi, has called on Christian faithful across the country to pray for the quick and safe release of the priest.
Our correspondent reports that there have been a series of kidnapping incidents in the Benue South Senatorial District since the beginning of the year.
It can be recalled that the late Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, late Rev Fr John Adeyi, was kidnapped from the same parish in Okpoga in 2016 by assailants who later killed him.
Fr Adeyi’s decomposing body was discovered behind the office complex of Ogbadibo Local Government Education Authority at Otukpa, his home town, in June 2016, by security personnel combing the area.
Source: Vanguard
