From Molly Kilete, Abuja
Gunmen have, again, attacked the Yewuti village in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and kidnapped 29 people, including children.
The attackers were said to have stormed the village late Tuesday night, shot sporadically and raided eight houses before whisking away the residents into the bush. However, two women were said to have escaped while they were being led into the bush by the attackers.
Yewuti, is the hometown of the immediate past vice chairman of Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti.
The former vice chairman, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said his younger brother, Idris, two of his sisters in-law, and a child were among the kidnap victims.
The names of the abducted people were given as: Idris Mohammed, Abdullahi Zubairu, Sani S. Magani, Peter Modu, Ibrahim Mamman, Yellow Abdulrasheed, Musa Suleiman, Simbiya Ishaku, Sumaiya Ibrahim, Muktari Yunusa and Mohammed Yeluwa and Rahmat Shagari.
Also abducted are Sumaiya Abubakar Yelwa, Mohammed Yelwa, Maimuna Muhammad, Hussaini Ya Nda Agyana, Hamza Ibrahim, Lantana Yunusa, Nabila Agyana, Rufai Salihu, Nafisa Aminu, Kasimu Adamu, Abako Adamu, Abdulyakin Aliyu, Lukman Aliyu, Rahina Audu, Abdulrazak Usman, Sadiya Usman, Darius Samuel and Japheth Osu.
The FCT police command was yet to issue a statement on the incident at the time of filing this report.
The Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, Josephine Adeh, could not be reached for comment. She also did not respond to a message sent to the police media platform on the incident.