Armed men kidnap four family members in Abuja home

Heavily armed kidnappers have kidnapped four family members from their family home in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

According to Punch report, the incident happened by 1:30 am on Friday at the Tundun Fulani extension area of the Bwari Area Council.

A resident of the area who preferred anonymity said that the kidnappers broke into the family home to abduct the victims.

The resident disclosed that one other person who escaped being abducted was shot by the kidnappers.

“There was a kidnap incident in Tundun Fulani extension in Bwari around 1:30 am. The kidnappers were many and fully armed. The kidnappers broke into a house and kidnapped four members of the same family. They also shot one person who escaped being kidnapped,“ the source said.

The FCT Command Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the police had swung into action over the development.

“We responded swiftly. We are on top of the situation,” she said.

Bwari area of the FCT has been witnessing cases of kidnapping lately.

Earlier, 13 persons were kidnapped from Piko, a remote community in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, by suspected gunmen during an invasion of the community on May 8.

In July, a resident of El-Rufai Estate in the Bwari Area of the FCT, identified as Nathaniel, was shot by kidnappers after an attempt to kidnap him was foiled.

The kidnappers had attempted to abduct many of the residents before their operation was thwarted by the operatives of the FCT Police Command in collaboration with troops.

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