Nigeria's worsening insecurity continues unabated as gunmen have allegedly abducted twenty persons around the Zuma rock area in Niger state on the outskirts of Abuja.
Victims include
include public workers and traders who were returning to their respected homes
on the outskirt of the Capital around 8:00pm on Tuesday October 8, when they
ran into the gunmen who were dressed in military camouflage, close to a
military check point in the area.
The abductors marched their victims into the bush and
released nine of them after screening them.
Reports have it that
some of the attackers were dressed in military uniform and armed with guns,
while others were dressed in civilian cloth, holding machetes and other local
arms.
The Police Area Commander of Suleja, ACP Isa Rambo,
confirmed the incident, adding that he is unaware that some victims were still
in the abductors’ custody.
Meanwhile, a source at Wuse market, Abuja, confirmed to
Daily Trust that three of their traders, who were kidnapped during the
incident, are still with their abductors.
The source also confirmed to Daily Trust that a
communication channel has since been established between the abductors and
relatives of the victims, as they were demanding ransoms before releasing the
victims.
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