Tension as gunmen invade El-Rufai estate, abduct resident

Residents of Kuchiko Resettlement Development Area (KRDA) located in Bwari have raised an alarm over rising cases of kidnapping within the area.

This followed the latest incident in the early hours of Saturday, September 2, in the Area, popularly known as El-Rufai Estate.

Kidnaps for ransom have become common in several parts of Nigeria in the last decade.

Insecurity is one of the issues confronting President Bola Tinubu, who was sworn in in May.

The victim, Chinedu, was whisked away from his house within the estate.

The victim’s wife explained that the kidnappers who were armed forcefully took away her husband after breaking through the fence to gain entrance into their compound.

Daily Trust quotes the wife as saying:

“They shot sporadically in the air to scare our family members and neighbours before taking my husband away."

Mai Baba Bego, Chairman of the area, who spoke on the latest incident, said five people have been abducted in the last couple of months.

Baba Bego said: “We now live in fear as nobody knows who the next victim would be." Josephine Adeh, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was unreachable for comment as of press time.