Kidnappers abduct two children and 5 adults in Suleja

Two children and seven adults were reportedly abducted at Anguwar Kwankwashe in Suleja, Niger state. Daily Trust reported that the kidnappers in large number invaded some houses and a hotel around 1:35 am on Tuesday August 3. Two of the kidnap victims however escaped from their abductors.

An eyewitness, Shehu Abdulkadir said;

“They split into groups to attack homes from where they took their victims.

“It was even the sound of their gun shot that woke me up. I walked quietly to check the window and discovered that the kidnappers, some of them even dressed like soldiers.”

A vigilante, who preferred anonymity, said he alerted men of the C police division immediately he heard the sound of the sporadic gunshots in the area. He said the vigilante and the police from C division engaged the kidnappers in a shootout, but they still escaped with their victims.