Two days after the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, visited Kuje Area Council with a warning for kidnappers and their informants to repent or get killed, the bandits on Monday morning stormed Gbau-Zakwoyiyako village in Gaube Ward in the council, killed three people and abducted five others.
City & Crime reports that Wike had while ending his town hall meeting in Kuje on Saturday vowed to go after the kidnappers killing and abducting people across the FCT.
Confirming the latest incident to our reporter through telephone on Monday, a resident, Ibrahim Danlami, said the incident happened around 12am.
He said, “Unfortunately, two persons were shot dead instantly as they attempted to escape, while one other victim died while being conveyed to the hospital.”
Danlami further said four people sustained bullet wounds and were receiving treatment in a hospital.
The Village Head of Gbgau-Zakwoyiyako, Danlami Sambo, could not be reached for comment as his phone line was not connecting.
The spokeswoman of the FCT Police Command, SP Adeh Josephine, did not reply to an SMS on the incident.
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