No fewer than four persons have reportedly been abducted following an attack by a group of bandits on some communities in Bwari area in Abuja.
According to sources, one person was killed in the early morning attack on Sunday, June 30.
Sources say that the attack which began around 12:30am around the fringes of Guto and Piyawe communities, soon got into Tudun-Fulani and Sabon Gari areas, both in the Council.
The armed men, numbering over 30 were said to have divided themselves into two groups and attacked the communities from various angles, having entered Piwaye through the swamps.
They were consequently said to have killed a woman, Madam Alice, who was in her mid 40s and then kidnapped a young
Alice was said to have gone to the area to visit her sick mother who was being taken care of by her brother when she was killed.
Two victims were allegedly abducted from their homes in Guto, while another person was kidnapped from Tudun-Fulani, which is less than a kilometre from the council Secretariat.
“What happened last night was very unfortunate. We couldn’t sleep from 12:30am when they stated till almost three o’clock. Initially we thought it was the vigilance teams who were shooting, but when it became persistent, we knew these people were back again,” a resident said on the condition of anonymity.
“We have had peace for sometime now but unfortunately they have resumed and this time with full force because it was two groups that entered Bwari that night. One was in Guto while the other group was in Piyawe. It was obvious those ones came prepared, because the sounds we heard through the night, suggested they came with sophisticated weapons,” the source added.
