Unknown gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, reportedly had a field day at Tungan-Maje community of Abuja as they attacked the community shooting sporadically into parts of the community.
The latest attack came barely 48 hours after the assailants abducted six residents of the area.
Speaking on the Wednesday attack, a resident of the Abuja community, Abdullahi Aliyu, disclosed that the gunmen stormed the area in their large numbers around 10:48p.m. shooting sporadically into the air.
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The source disclosed that the unknown gunmen invaded Anguwar Dabiri and Anguwar Samu in the Tungan-Maje community.
It was further gathered that some soldiers, who were secretly deployed to the outskirts of the community, engaged the gunmen in a gun battle, forcing the assailants to flee.
The kidnappers returned in an attempt to attack some houses at Anguwar Dabiri and Anguwar Samu, but for the swift intervention of some soldiers.
“They (soldiers) foiled the kidnap attempt as they engaged them [kidnappers] fire for fire until they fled,” the resident revealed.
The spokesperson of the FCT police command, ASP Maryam Yusuf, had yet to react to the incident as of the time of filing this report.
