GUNMEN have again abducted another member of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), alongside his wife and one of his children at Dafara community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
It will be recalled that nine people, including a 12-year-old boy, were abducted in the same Area Council, on Monday, while returning home.
Speaking with newsmen, a resident of the community, Shedrack Musa, said the incident happened around 8:38 pm, on Wednesday, adding that the kidnappers invaded the community through the bush and abducted the NSCDC officer with his wife and one of his child.
He said a member of the vigilance group at the community, which was identified as Williams was shot dead by the kidnappers when some of them attempted to prevent the kidnappers.
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According to him, the gunmen opened fire on the door of the NSCDC officer’s apartment, in which they entered the house and whisked him away alongside his wife and one of his child.
“They shot and destroyed the key of the NSCDC officer house before they now gained access into the house and took him away with his wife and one of their children.
“It was the sound of the gun shot that attracted the attention of the vigilance members as they try to go after the gunmen, in which one of the kidnappers opened fire and killed one of them,” he stated.
Also, the Chairman of Pegi Community Development Association (PECDA), Mr Taiwo Aderibigbe, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune on the telephone, on Thursday, confirmed the incident, saying “you can imagine after 78 hours, another civil defence officer, his wife and one of his children were again abducted at Dafara.
“Abuja is under siege, that is just the truth of the matter, as some people are playing politics with our lives which is uncalled for,” he lamented.
When contacted on phone, the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Anjuguri Manza, said the command would soon issue a statement regarding the latest kidnap incident at Dafara.
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