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Ex-council boss, 9 others abducted in Abuja

Gunmen suspected to be kidnapers, have abducted 10 persons on Saturday evening, in Kuje Area council of Abuja.

The victims including a former vice chairman of the council and present Sarkin-noma of Kuje, were said to be returning from a nearby village and heading to Kuje town where they reside, when they were attacked by the kidnappers, and taken into the bush.

A resident who craved anonymity said on Sunday morning that all the abductees who came from Unguwar Gade area in Kuje, have been to a nearby village of Kabi on the outskirts of the town to celebrate the appointment of a kinsman’s appointment as education secretary of the council area.

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“There is no communication so far about their condition or what is the motive behind the abduction,” the source said.

Police is yet to respond to Daily Trust’s request for a comment.

But one of the aides to the present chairman of Kuje council Abdullahi Sulaiman Sabo has confirmed the incident.

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