Just In: Gunmen murder pregnant woman, abduct husband in Kaduna state

A pregnant woman has been reportedly shot dead by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Tuesday evening, November 3, at Rigachikun, a suburb of Kaduna state.

According to reports by The Nation, a source from the area said the woman and her husband were kidnapped and taken away from their home.

The source also added that the wife was killed by the suspected kidnapers when security operatives engaged them in gun battle in an attempt to rescue the victims.

Information of the incident was still sketchy as at the time of filing this report.

ASP Muhammad Jalige, the Kaduna Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), was yet to respond to inquiries on the incident.

“Kidnappers stormed the house of the victims and went away with them, then security operatives chased them and in the process of fire exchange kidnappers shot the woman and she later died in the hospital.

“The women was pregnant and about to give birth before the ugly incident. She has already been buried according to Islamic rites,” the source added.

More details soon …