Five people, including three brothers, have been
abducted by gunmen in Chikun and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.
In Chikun, the bandits were said to have invaded the resident
of a businessman, Mr. Christian Obi, located at Tanko Kokwein Street, Sabon
Tasha GRA, about 2:00a.m.
His three children with the ages of 31, 28 and 21 were
abducted by the hoodlums.
A resident in the area said the bandits were about
20 in number and were shooting sporadically during the operation which he said
lasted for over one hour.
According to him, “The gunmen were about 20 in
number, and went straight to Mr. Obi’s house.
“They entered the house through the fence and broke the door
to the kitchen. They tried to break the front door but couldn’t, so they went through
the kitchen door.
“They operated for over an hour, because it was
difficult for them to open the door. Even when the police came, the bandits
were still operating in the house.
“The police stayed at a distance without making any
effort to confront them.
“All residents were scared and nobody could do
anything since we weren’t armed.”
The incident in Birnin Gwari was said to have occurred
last Wednesday at about 2:30 p.m., when the gunmen, wearing military uniform,
intercepted a commercial vehicle along the Birnin Gwari road by Unguwan Yako
and consequently abducted two of the passengers in the vehicle.
The spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mr. Yakubu
Sabo, confirmed the incidents in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna.
Sabo said: “On December 19, 2019, the Kaduna State Police
Command received information of two separate unfortunate incidents of
kidnapping through DPO Buruku and Sabon Tasha respectively to the effect that
on December 18, 2019, at about 1430hours, unknown gunmen in military uniform
intercepted a commuting vehicle on Birnin Gwari Road by Unguwan Yako and
consequently kidnapped two occupants to unknown destination.
“The victims were identified as Alhaji Yahaya Kudu,
the district head of Birnin Gwari, and Alhaji Ibrahim Musa, former education
secretary of Birnin Gwari LGA.
“Similar unfortunate incident of kidnapping was
recorded at Sabon Tasha in Chikun LGA where three persons, namely: Jonathan
Obi, Joakin Obi and Benjamin Obi, all of the same address were kidnapped around
0200hours of Thursday by suspected hoodlums to unknown destination.
“On receipt of the information, police operatives
from the Anti-kidnapping unit, SARS and the IRT were immediately drafted to the
two areas.
“The bushes around the two areas were thoroughly combed with
a view to rescuing the victims and apprehending the culprits to face justice.”
Sabo said the police command is deeply saddened by the
unfortunate incidents, and is doing everything possible to apprehend the
culprits and rescue the victims unhurt.
He said the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ali Aji Janga, is calling on the public not
to be deterred by the incidents as the Command is already on top of the
situation to ensure that the victims are safely rescued and the yuletide season
is peacefully celebrated without apprehension.
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