Frightening: Gunmen Attack Kuje Community In Abuja, Kidnap Over A Dozen
Residents of Kuje Area Council are presently living in fear following the escalation of the activities of gunmen that are terrorising the communities.
This was as no fewer than 15 residents have been kidnapped by the dare devil gunmen at the 1000 Unit Estate along Pegi Community in Kuje New Site area of the Federal Capital Territory.
It was reliably gathered by Forefront News that the gunmen numbering about 12 stormed the estate at about 8:00pm on Sunday, May 14, 2023 and boldly entered some of the houses and demanded the occupants to follow them or pay dearly for any act of disobedience.
A resident of the community who identified himself simply as Sule told Forefront News that the victims were captured close to 1000Unit estate main gate after the initial attempts by the gunmen to abduct residents of Woodhull estate in the same area failed.
Sule said that the unfortunate development has sent jitters into the spine of the residents of the community who are presently in panic mode as they are not sure of the next line of action of the gunmen.
He further said; “Yesterday, 14th May, at about 8pm and 8:45pm, some gunmen in their large numbers came to carry out an operation in the untarred road leading to 1000 Unit estate around Pegi resettlement area.
“We started hearing the sounds of gunshots. There was panic in the entire community as a result of the incident.
“This morning, in the neighbourhood, we observed that the husband of the women who sells second hand clothes at the main entrance to the estate was among the people kidnapped while he was returning from work.
“They shot sporadically into the air taking few others returning from town about that period away with them,” he said.
Another resident of Woodhill Estate close to Topechi community in Kuje new site area, disclosed that gun shots were heard very close to the estate about the same time but, that it was the following morning they heard that the Estate security had gun shots exchange with some gunmen
The resident, who does not want his identity known for fear of insecurity, said that one of his friends was among those kidnapped on Sunday while he was returning home.
He also said; “We heard that he was taken along with many others at gunpoint. They escaped through the Buzunkure area of the estate which leads to the dessert mountain areas behind Pegi community”.
It was also gathered that from some residents of the 1000Units that the vigilante groups which had been up and doing in fencing-off criminals in the area stopped working owing to lack of sponsorship.
The residents also said that police vehicles that used to patrol the community have now changed to once in in a long while particularly only when kidnap incident like the one that took place on Sunday night occurs.
In the meantime, the families of those abducted are yet to be contacted as they hope that their loved ones would be in an average condition.
So far, the Kuje Police Divisional headquarters and the FCT Police command are yet to react to the unfortunate development.
