About 40 Bandits on Thursday, struck Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), abducting 23 persons including the district head’s son, daughter-in-law, former PDP chairman among others.
According to the Councilor representing the area, Abdulmumini Zakari, the gunmen stormed the community in the early hours of Thursday, January 11, 2024, from the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State.
“They divided themselves into groups and some went into the palace of the district head, Alhaji Abdurrahman Danjuma Ali, where they abducted his son, Lukman, and his wife, who he married two weeks ago.
“Others attacked the compound of Alhaji Alhassan Sidi Kawu, the Marafa of Kawu and a former PDP Chairman of Kawu Ward. They abducted him along with his four children
The bandits also went into the compound of Sarkin Pawan Kawu, Gambo S Pawa, and abducted him alongside his two wives and some children”, Zarkari said.
The FCT Police Command spokeswoman, S.P Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident to news men on Thursday.
“Some unknown hoodlums stormed Kawu village, a bordering community with Kagarko LGA, in Kaduna State, and kidnapped people. The truth is that the miscreants raided that general area and escaped into Kaduna State,” she said.