Gunmen raid Abuja community, kidnap five

On Sunday night, at least 20 armed bandits launched a violent attack on the Chikakore community in Kubwa, Abuja, abducting five individuals, including a family of three and their guest.  

The assailants targeted the Health Centre extension area of Chikakore around 11 pm. The abductees included Adesiyan Akinropo, his wife, their son, a visiting guest, and a neighbor.

During the attack, a woman sustained a severe head injury after being struck with a gun butt. She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition as she bled profusely.

“The bandits have resumed attacks in Chikakore. We need a police division here in this community. We have land and a five-bedroom apartment already built to accommodate the police but there is no deployment yet,” a community member lamented to Sahara Reporters.

The attack adds to growing concerns about security in the Chikakore community which previously faced violence in January when fleeing bandits from Katsina State detonated explosives near an Islamic school in Kuchibuyi, Bwari Area Council. That explosion claimed two lives.

Efforts to reach the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, for comments were unsuccessful as calls went unanswered.