Suspected Kidnappers Strike in Abuja, Leave One Dead, Several Injured

On Monday night, gunmen who were thought to be kidnappers assaulted Kpaduma III, a native community in the Asokoro suburb of Abuja. Bako, one of the vigilantes, was killed, and numerous others were injured.

Gunmen broke into homes and engaged in gunfire with local vigilantes in the region, causing chaos and making the incident one of the most horrific in the community’s history.
Bullets and a grenade-like explosion were the norm in the village during the several-hour-long attack, according to a source.

He stated that “many people are currently receiving treatment in a hospital after being injured during the attack.”

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Police officers eventually arrived in the village, he added, which helped to reduce tension among the locals. He bemoaned the fact that, despite the settlement’s proximity to the city center, kidnappers could still enter and carry out their heinous act.

A distress call reporting gunfire along Kobi Village Road in Kpaduma III was received by the FCT Police Command, according to Josephine Adeh, the command’s spokesperson, who confirmed the occurrence.

According to a statement, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Rapid Response Squad, and the Divisional Police Officer, Asokoro Division, were all part of the response team that was personally led to the scene by the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ajao S. Adewale, who acted quickly.

The statement said that the attackers started fire upon seeing the police team and used two female victims as human shields to flee. It emphasized that the police team pursued the attackers fiercely and managed to rescue the two female victims without causing any harm.

Sadly, two local security officers from the community vigilante were shot and killed, the statement said. A doctor declared one of them dead after they were taken to the National Hospital right away, but the other is still receiving treatment and is responding to it.