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Gunmen raid Abuja village, abduct villagers, loot food, phones


Residents of Ukya Tsoho village in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were thrown into confusion when gunmen stormed their village and abducted four persons.


The gunmen numbering over fifty were said to have stormed the village at about nine o’clock at night shooting sporadically, abducting innocent villagers and carting away over 25 android phones, food items and other provisions before leaving the village.


The kidnapped victims include a housewife, Mrs Blessing Alex, her 18-year-old son, Frank Alex, and two other villagers Saidu Ibrahim and Zabe Alkali.
Daily Sun gathered that the kidnappers have made contact with relatives of their victims, demanding N10 million in ransom if they want their relations alive.

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It was gathered that the husband of the kidnapped woman and her son, Mr Johnny Alex, asked his wife who was in the kitchen preparing pepper soup to hide when he heard sounds of gunshots and that it was while she was trying to hide that she was spotted by the gunmen and kidnapped.