On Sunday night, a group of gunmen stormed Piko, a remote community in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, and reportedly kidnapped 13 individuals. The operation which went on for a whole hour without any resistance is reported to be the latest in a series of attacks on the Council.
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A community source said the Madaki of the community, Chief John Jatau also confirmed that 10 residents were kidnapped from his domain, including four nomadic Fulani herdsmen.
He noted that out of the four Fulani, one escaped from the kidnapper’s custody and that the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N900 million Naira. According to him, the following people were kidnapped from his community and are still with their abductors, Nuhu Anyiwoyi, Emmanuel Nuhu, Danjuma Ali, Parisa Numa, Ezekiel Jatau
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Shekwosa Ezekiel, Roseline Samuel, Salome Jacob, Abyelo Ezra, and Ezra Male.
The source said, “The kidnapping incident occurred last night Sunday 05/05/2024, at about 11 pm. The kidnappers raided the village for about one hour without any response, or reaction from the community or outsiders. The community’s major challenge last night in terms of communication with others was due to no telecommunication network in the village, so they picked people from house to house.
“From the community, they picked about 13 people and released three.
“The Madakin Piko informed me that they have called and they said they need the ramson of N900 million. They picked about four Fulani people and one of them later escaped.”
The Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike had recently provided logistic support, including motorcycles for hard-to-reach areas, for security agencies in the territory.
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