No fewer than 40 gunmen suspected to be bandits have swooped on Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory and abducted 23 people, including the son of the district head and his two-week bride.
Abdulmumini Zakari, who is the deputy speaker in the council, disclosed that the gunmen invaded the community through the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State.
“They divided themselves into groups and some went into the palace of the district head, Abdurrahman Ali, where they abducted his son, Lukman, and his wife, whom he married two weeks ago,” he said.
“Others attacked the compound of Alhassan Kawu, the Marafa of Kawu, and a former PDP Chairman of Kawu Ward. They abducted him along with his four children.”
Furthermore, Zakari said the bandits also went into the compound of the Sarkin Pawan Kawu, Gambo Pawa, and abducted him alongside his two wives and some children.
Josephine Adeh, SP, the FCT Police Command spokesperson, confirmed the incident to newsmen, saying the attackers stormed the area, and escaped into Kaduna State.
According to her: “Some unknown hoodlums stormed Kawu village, a bordering community with Kagarko LGA, in Kaduna State, and kidnapped people. The truth is that the miscreants raided that general area and escaped into Kaduna State.”
