Military Officer’s Wife, 15 Others Abducted in Kaduna

Retired top civil servant abducted in Ekiti

Sixteen people, including the wife of an army officer have been abducted by terrorists in multiple attacks on communities in Kaduna state.

The wife of the army officer and the six others were said to have been abducted at about 11pm Tuesday when the terrorists attacked Keke ‘A’ and Keke “B” areas of New Millennium City, in Kaduna metropolis.

Also, a retired Chief Pharmacist with the Ekiti Ministry of Health, Mr. Israel Bamisaye, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers.

Residents said the attacks in Kaduna started at about 11pm and lasted for about an hour before security operatives arrived.

The wife of the army officer and two others were abducted during the attack on Keke ‘A’, while four others, a couple and their two house helps were abducted in Keke ‘B’.

One of the residents said: “It appears the main target of the kidnappers was a big house at Keke A, belonging to an army officer. The bandits came around 11pm. I think their main target was a house at Keke A. The house belongs to an army officer. But the officer was not at home. So, the kidnappers broke into the house and picked his wife. They also kidnapped another man who is the immediate neighbour of the army officer.

“The neighbour was picked alongside his eight-year old daughter, but they eventually dropped the daughter when her mother was shouting.

“At that point, they started shooting sporadically to scare away anyone who might think of coming to their aid.

“While all that was happening, another man who was just returning home in his car at that time ran into the kidnappers. He was the third person that was taken away from our area.”

At Keke ‘B’, a resident confirmed that, a man, his wife and their two house-helps were abducted.

In yet in other attacks on Gwando community, Kajuru LGA and Ligari community in Chikun LGA of the state, nine people abducted.