Gunmen on Thursday night abducted seven villagers in Igu, a community in the Sherefe area in Bwari Area Council of the FCT.
A resident, Muhammad Yahaya, told City & Crime that the attackers arrived in the community when most worshippers were in the mosque for the sunset prayers around 6pm.
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Yahaya said seven people were abducted amid gunshots and one person critically wounded.
City & Crime was told that the incident was coming just a week after a deposed chief of the community, Chebawaza Sariki, was abducted and released on Saturday night. Also, about a month ago, two persons were abducted from two communities in Sherefe, a nearby village.
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