Kidnappers of 29 persons yet to contact relatives — Villager

Gunmen, who kidnapped 29 persons on Tuesday night in the Kwali Area Council of Abuja are yet to establish contacts with relatives of their victims.

Kidnappers have consistently targeted the city’s outliers but often making incursions into parts of Kubwa and Pyakasa, which are closer to the main city.

Bwari, Kuje, Gwagwalada, Kwali and Abani Area Councils are often the worst-hit, with the Abuja Municipal Area Council AMAC also occasionally targeted by bandits.

However, on Tuesday night, gunmen were said to have stormed Yewuti village, the hometown of the immediate past vice chairman of Kwali Area Council, Zubairu Yewuti, where they raided eight houses and made away with 29 people, including men, housewives and children.

Two of the victims, Mrs Zainab Umar and Mrs Aisha Zubairu, reportedly escaped from their abductors while being led into the bush.

A villager, Mohammed Evuti, said the kidnappers had not made contact with any relatives as at last night.

“We haven’t heard anything from the kidnappers. But, these are just poor villagers and even if their abductors contact their families, I do not know how they will raise any ransom that will be demanded,” he said.

Evuti pleaded with security agencies not just fo intensify patrol in the area but also maintain a “strong and permanent” presence.

According to reports, some of those kidnapped include Idris Mohammed, Abdullahi Zubairu, Sani S. Magani, Peter Modu, Ibrahim Mamman, Yellow Abdulrasheed, Musa Suleiman, Simbiya Ishaku, Sumaiya Ibrahim, Muktari Yunusa and Mohammed Yeluwa and Rahmat Shagari.

Others are Sumaiya Abubakar Yelwa, Mohammed Yelwa, Maimuna Muhammad, Hussaini Ya Nda Agyana, Hamza Ibrahim, Lantana Yunusa, Nabila Agyana, Rufai Salihu, Nafisa Aminu, Kasimu Adamu, Abako Adamu, Abdulyakin Aliyu, Lukman Aliyu, Rahina Audu, Abdulrazak Usman, Sadiya Usman, Darius Samuel and Japheth Osu.

Culled from Vanguard