Two young girls have yet again been abducted by gunmen suspected of being bandits in the Guita village, Chikakore, Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

 

This comes only eight days after the Chikakore community protested at the office of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike about the poor status of the primary road that connects their village, which they characterised as one of the causes of serial abduction in the region.

 

According to SaharaReporters, the kidnappers returned last Sunday at 11:25 pm, despite a military and police deployment in the region.

 

It was learned that the six gunmen abducted the girls, who were claimed to be 16 and 14 years old and took them through the area’s forests and hills.

 

A police source in the region who verified the kidnapping to SaharaReporters on Wednesday disclosed that the assailants seized three of a man’s children, two girls and one boy, but only took two of the girls and returned one (the boy) from the jungle.

 

The son was ordered to urge their father to arrange N30 million as a ransom.

 

The source said, “The gunmen changed their approach when they came; they didn’t shoot like before but forced themselves inside.

 

“While they were forcing themselves inside, the owner of the house (a Calabar man) ran to the vigilante’s office, then, he ran to the commander’s house before the commander could call another person, and rushed to his house, the gunmen were already gone.

 

“It was when they were going, they started shooting, unlike before that they would shoot before the operation and till the end.

 

“They took three of his children, two girls and one boy, but they went away with two and sent back one (the boy) from the bush that he should go and tell their father to prepare 30 million naira for their ransom.

 

“When they were taken, the two girls (16 and 14 years) one of the girls was wearing a nightgown, and the mother tried to plead with the gunmen to let her wear something for the cold, but instead they beat up the mother. She had no option but to just let the girls go the way they were under the cold.

 

“Before the police came to the scene, they were already gone. Some of the vigilantes later traced them to the railway line, to the rocks but there was no trace anymore.

 

“The man that his daughters were kidnapped is a front liner security payment and he has made several donations to the community.”

 

When contacted, Josephine Adeh, FCT police spokesperson, agreed to gather information about the attack and get back to the media.