The wife of a military officer and six other persons were on Tuesday kidnapped by bandits who invaded Keke A and Keke B communities in New Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
According to reports, the suspected kidnappers stormed the area around 11 pm, operating for over one hour before security operatives came to engage them in a gun duel.
It was also gathered that One Mika'ilu Ango Bakura and his wife were also kidnapped by bandits a night before in Kaduna, however, though it’s not clear if the couple were among those abducted from New Millenium City.
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A resident of the area, who spoke to the ExolaTV, averred that three persons were kidnapped by the bandits at Keke ‘A’.
The resident, a primary school teacher in one of the schools in the area revealed that the bandits were suspected to have targeted a house of the military officer located at Keke.
"The bandits came around 11 pm. I think their main target was a house at Keke A. The house belongs to a military officer. But at the time of the attack, the officer was not at home. So, the kidnappers broke into the house and picked up his wife," the resident said.
"They also kidnapped another man who is the immediate neighbour of the military officer. In fact, the neighbour was picked alongside his eight-year-old daughter, but they eventually dropped the little girl when they would not bear the yelling of the mother,"
"I think it was at the point they started shooting sporadically to scare away people who might think of coming to their aid. While, all that was happening, another man who was just returning home in his car at that time ran into the kidnappers. He was the third person that was taken away,” the source said.
"As of this morning, we saw many shoes on the ground and we became scared that those must be the shoes of the people kidnapped. But, one of the people who escaped the attack told us the shoes belong to those who ran away.”
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