November 30, (THEWILL) – At least six persons, including a new couple, have been abducted by suspected bandits, who attacked Dan-Honu II community in New Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A resident of the community, Mohammed, said the bandits, numbering seven and clad in black, with one of them masked, attacked the community around 8:50pm on Wednesday, with AK47 rifles and other dangerous weapons.
“I was inside my own apartment when the bandits stormed our compound. At first, when they started banging on the new couple’s door because they went straight to their apartment, I thought they were security people who came to arrest my neighbour.
“They started banging on his door and shouting ‘Dan Iska ba za ka fito ba?’, meaning ‘idiot, won’t you come out?’ That was when I realised that they were kidnappers.
“So, when they could not force the door open, they broke his window and broke the burglary proof.
“On gaining entrance into the apartment, the bandits tried to open the door but they could not open it. So, they brought the couple out through the broken window. They injured the husband and blood was dripping out of his body.
“Then they made an attempt to enter my own apartment too. They had broken the glass window, but as they were busy hitting the burglary proof to break into my apartment, one of the vigilantes in the community fired a shot into the air. On hearing that gunshot, the bandits became uncomfortable. Then they left our compound,” Mohammed narrated.
Meanwhile, the Imam, Malam Suleiman and his neighbour, Malam Musa, escaped while they were being led out of the community into the bush.
Similarly, the new bride, who was said to have gone through surgery recently, was abandoned in the bush by the kidnappers when she could not cope with the pace of their trekking in the bush. The Imam’s wife was also let go when her baby’s cry almost exposed the bandits to vigilantes around the Kakura area.
The bandits eventually succeeded in going away with the new groom identified as Ibrahim and two of the Imam’s children (15-year-old Abba and his younger brother).
Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the bandits, Imam Suleiman said two of the seven bandits who abducted them were armed with AK47 rifles with chains of bullets, while others carried axes, machetes and sticks.
“They beat my 10-month-old baby because he was crying. They even threatened to kill him, saying that his cry was disturbing them. But I thank God that my wife and the baby later escaped after I had escaped, but they (bandits) went away with my two older sons,” he said.
The Kaduna State Police Command spokesperson has not issued any statement on the incident.
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