No fewer than 15 people have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen at 1,000 Housing Estate along Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The Quest Times learnt that the gunmen stormed the estate on Sunday around 11.30pm and shot sporadically into the air.
Confirming the attack was the Chairman of Pegi Residents Association, Taiwo Aderibigbe, who noted that the kidnappers have not contacted the families of those abducted, Vanguard reports.
He said; “Gunmen abducted 15 persons along the abandoned 14 kilometers Pegi road. One of those kidnapped is Shuaibu Misa, a staff with the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
“We also observed that the husband of the woman who sells second-hand clothes at the main entrance to the estate was among the people kidnapped while they were returning from work.
“The kidnappers have not contacted the families of those abducted at the moment, but we are still trying to identify other residents abducted.”
However, Mukhtar Galadima, Director FCT Department of Development Control, also confirmed the incident, asserting that one of their drivers, Shuaibu Misa, was kidnapped.
“Yes it is true, one of our drivers Shuaibu Misa was kidnapped and he has not been released,” Galadima said.