By Daniel Tyokua
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded Piko village in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and abducted 13 persons.
One of the residents who don’t want his name mentioned, said the abductors allegedly invaded the community which is under Bwari Area Council, midnight last Sunday and operated for hours before kidnapping the people.
Another eyewitness in the community, said 10 persons were abducted in the chief’s domain, John Jatau, while the 3 were outside his domain.
Confirming the incident, the chief of Piko said the kidnappers have demanded for a ransom of N900 million naira, he also gave the names of the kidnapped victims from his community to include, Nuhu Anyiwoyi, Emmanuel Nuhu, Danjuma Ali, Parisa Numa, Ezekiel Jatau Shekwosa Ezekiel, Roseline Samuel, Salome Jacob, Abyelo Ezra, and Ezra Male.
He said, “the kidnapping incident occurred last Sunday night 05/05/2024, at about 11pm. The kidnappers raided the village for about one hour without any response , reaction from the community or outsiders.
“The major challenge the community faced last night in terms of communication to others was as a result of non telecommunication network in the village, so they picked people house to house,
from the community the picked 13 persons and later release three.
“The madakin piko, informed me that they have called and they said they need the ramson of 900,000,000 (nine hundred millions).
The FCT Police Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh was contacted through a WhatsApp message, neither confirmed nor refuted the Kidnap incident.
She only asked ” when was that ” and never reacted till the time this report was filed
