Gunmen have abducted no fewer than 15 persons at 1,000 housing estates along Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory.
The gunmen were said to have attacked the estate on Sunday around 11.30 pm and shot sporadically into the air whisking away persons returning from the city.
The chairman of Pegi Residents Association, Taiwo Aderibigbe, said among the persons abducted was a staff of the FCT Department of Development Control under Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC).
“The kidnappers have not contacted the families of those abducted at the moment, but we are still trying to identify other residents abducted.”
Reacting to the abduction, Mukhtar Galadima, Director FCT Department of Development Control, said: “Yes it is true, one of our drivers Shuaibu Misa was kidnapped and he has not been released.”
As of the time of filling this report. FCT Police spokesman SP Josephine Adeh didn’t respond to several calls and messages to confirm the incident.
[Nation]