Kidnappers have abducted five residents of Yangoji in the Kwali area council of the Federal Capital Territory, shooting a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Musa Majaga In the process.
A resident of the community identified as Abdullahi, said the incident happened on Monday, around 12:23 am when the kidnappers invaded the APC chieftain’s house.
He said the kidnappers destroyed the burglary windows of the Majaga’s house, entered the room and shot him. They were said to have abducted two of his children.
“After they had picked two of his children, they went into another apartment and abducted three other neighbours,”
A vigilante member, who spoke during a visit to the area said the kidnappers took advantage of the lack of cartridges in the vigilantes’ guns.
“You know the kidnappers took advantage after they got information that vigilantes were short of cartridges. They then struck and abducted five people. We have not witnessed any attack by kidnappers in the past five months here in Yangoji,”.
He said the APC chieftain, who was shot on the leg, had been taken to a private hospital at Gwagwalada for treatment.
The spokesman of the FCT Police Command, SP Adeh Josephine, is yet to confirm the incident as of the time of filing this report.
