Gunmen Kill 4, Kidnap 39 In FCT, Niger Communities
Gunmen launched attacks on Kuduru and Garam communities in Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Azu community in Niger State, resulting in the deaths of at least four individuals and the abduction of 39 others.
Reports indicate that the incident in Bwari occurred on Saturday, December 23, with bandits invading the Garam community, situated a five-minute drive from Bwari. During this assault, they killed a pastor affiliated with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and abducted 13 people.
On Thursday, December 28, the bandits struck again, this time invading Kuduru, which shares a border with Garam, and abducted 18 individuals.
Also, on Friday, December 29, the assailants attacked Azu, claiming the lives of three people and abducting eight others.
A Garam resident named Mrs Juliana recounted the bandits’ entry into a wrong house initially, where they seized two boys, later using them to locate their actual target’s residence.
“The bandits entered a wrong house and kidnapped two boys who later led them to the house of their target. When they got there, they kidnapped the entire family, but while leaving the house, they shot the man (their target), who is a pastor at the Redeemed Christians Church of God in the presence of his wife and their three children,” she said.
