Bandits Raid Abuja Community, Kidnap Father, Son

The state of insecurity in the satellite towns of the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) worsened yesterday as two family members- a
father and a son- were abducted early by a gang of gunmen who
raided Kuchiko Relocation Development Area (KRDA) in the Bwari Area
Council of the FCT.

Residents of the Kuchiko Relocation Development Area revealed
that the criminals numbering over 15 and also bearing other
dangerous weapons, abducted their victims after overpowering the
night guards. They shot sporadically into the air to scare
residents.

The raid, which began after midnight lasted for over an hour
before soldiers from the Defence College, Bwari, arrived at the
scene, and took on the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle.

The soldiers’ timely intervention also prevented the kidnappers
from abducting another resident after the criminals succeeded in
breaking into his apartment.

While recounting their experience, some of the fear-stricken
residents of the area, appealed to the authorities to scale up
security patrol around the community.

Bwari, which shares bother with Kaduna State is now at the mercy
of kidnappers and other criminal elements, who before now were
terrorising Gwagwalada and Kuje Area councils

The state of insecurity in the satellite towns of the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) worsened yesterday as two family members- a
father and a son- were abducted early by a gang of gunmen who
raided Kuchiko Relocation Development Area (KRDA) in the Bwari Area
Council of the FCT.

Residents of the Kuchiko Relocation Development Area revealed
that the criminals numbering over 15 and also bearing other
dangerous weapons, abducted their victims after overpowering the
night guards. They shot sporadically into the air to scare
residents.

The raid, which began after midnight lasted for over an hour
before soldiers from the Defence College, Bwari, arrived at the
scene, and took on the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle.

The soldiers’ timely intervention also prevented the kidnappers
from abducting another resident after the criminals succeeded in
breaking into his apartment.

While recounting their experience, some of the fear-stricken
residents of the area, appealed to the authorities to scale up
security patrol around the community.

Bwari, which shares bother with Kaduna State is now at the mercy
of kidnappers and other criminal elements, who before now were
terrorising Gwagwalada and Kuje Area councils