Gunmen abduct 29 from Abuja village

 

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped no fewer than 29 villagers in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The 29, which comprised men, housewives and children, have been kidnapped in the center of Tuesday night time from Yewuti village; the place of birth of the instant previous vice chairman of Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti.

According to Daily Trust, two housewives, Mrs Zainab Umar and Mrs Aisha Zubairu, escaped from their abductors whilst being led into the bush.

The document delivered that these kidnapped consist of 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.
Others 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 gunmen reportedly raided eight homes and whisked away the residents into the bush.

It delivered that the immediately vice chairman of the council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti, validated the incident, claiming that his youthful brother, Idris; two of his elder brothers’ other halves and a toddler had been amongst the victims.