By Gabriel Atumeyi
365Daily – Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, invaded Anguwar Kwankwashe of Suleja, Niger State, abducting seven people.
It was gathered that nine persons were earlier abducted but two escaped as they were being led into the bush.
Daily Trust reports that the incident happened around 1:35 am on Tuesday, when the kidnappers in large numbers invaded some houses and a hotel.
“They split into groups to attack homes from where they took their victims.
“It was even the sound of their gunshots that woke me up. I walked quietly to check the window and discovered that the kidnappers, some of them even dressed like soldiers,” said a resident of the area, Shehu Abdulkadir.
He said the kidnappers invaded a hotel in the area and abducted a woman and man.
A vigilante, who preferred anonymity, said he alerted men of the C Police Division immediately he heard the sound of the sporadic gunshots in the area.
He said the vigilante mobilised to join the police from C Division to engage the kidnappers in a shootout, but the kidnappers still escaped with their victims.
The Madalla Divisional Police Officer, Adamu Mohammed, confirmed the incident but declined to speak further.
When contacted, Spokesman of Niger Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, said he has not been briefed about it.