Gunmen kill man, abduct wife, three children in Abuja

A yet to be identified resident of Ushafa Community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been felled by the bullets of assailants who also abducted his wife and three children. It was gathered that the man was killed when bandits invaded his residence in the early hours of Friday. The...The post Gunmen kill man, abduct wife, three children in Abuja first appeared on New Telegraph.The post Gunmen kill man, abduct wife, three children in Abuja appeared first on New Telegraph.

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A yet to be identified resident of Ushafa Community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been felled by the bullets of assailants who also abducted his wife and three children. It was gathered that the man was killed when bandits invaded his residence in the early hours of Friday. The bandits abducted members of the family after killing the man.

The incident happened around the Tundun Fulani extension area of the Bwari Council Area on Friday, New Telegraph gathered. Reports quoted a resident of the area as saying that the abductors broke into the family’s residence and grabbed the victims away. One other person who escaped from being whisked away was shot at by the gunmen, the resident said.



“There was a kidnap incident in Tundun Fulani extension in Bwari around 1:30 am. The kidnappers were many and fully armed. The kidnappers broke into a house and kidnapped four members of the same family.

They also shot one person who escaped being kidnapped”, the source said. The spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the abduction of the four family members. “We responded swiftly.

We are on top of the situation,” she said..