A group of approximately 40 gunmen forcefully entered the Kawu community in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT during the early hours of Thursday, kidnapping a total of 23 individuals.
Situated at the crossroads of Niger and Kaduna states, Kawu is a community facing the brunt of this security challenge.
Abdulmumini Zakari, the Councilor representing the area and deputy speaker in the council, reported that the gunmen infiltrated the community on Wednesday, having traversed from the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State.
He explained that “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.
The FCT Police Command spokeswoman, S.P Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident in a reply to our reporter yesterday.
“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.
