ByAyodele Oni
Residents of Grow Homes Estate at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are counting their loses after suspected kidnappers struck at the estate and abducted three persons.
The incident will be second time within a year after gunmen attacked the estate and abducted nine persons.
The recent incident, which took place around 9pm on Friday night, had a couple and another man taken from separate apartments in the estate.
It was gathered that the gunmen escaped through the bush track which links the community to another village.
Residents explained that after storming the area around 9pm, the gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare people away.
A member of the vigilante group stated that “On Friday, around 9pm, we vigilante, heard a gunshot. After hearing the sound, we and some Nigeria Mobile Police (MOPOL) officers searched around to locate it.
“On our way, we saw one of us. He told us they were kidnappers, numbering over 20. He was shot in his hand. At that point, we heard another gunshot. They were shooting at us, while the officers were shooting too.
“We had to stop the counter attack because of their number. They took away three persons; a couple and a man. The kidnappers haven’t contacted anyone yet.”
A resident of the area, Bello Mohammed, said the kidnappers disconnected the alert systems of the houses attacked before whisking their victims away.
