At least 15 persons have been abducted by gunmen at 1, 000 Housing Estate in Pegi community in Kuje area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The gunmen were said to have attacked the estate Sunday night, May 14, 2023 around 11.30pm, shot sporadically into the air and took some persons returning from the city about that period away with them.
Taiwo Aderibigbe, the chairman, Pegi Residents Association, said among the persons abducted was a staff of the FCT Department of Development Control under Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC).
“Gunmen abducted 15 persons along the abandoned 14 kilometres, Pegi Road, out of those kidnapped is one Shuaibu Misa, a staff with the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
“We also observed that a husband of the woman who sells second hand clothes at the main entrance to the estate was among the people kidnapped while they were returning from work.
“The kidnappers have not contacted the families of those abducted at the moment, but we are still trying to identify other residents abducted.”
Reacting to the abduction, Mukhtar Galadima, Director FCT Department of Development Control, said, “yes it is true, one of our drivers by name Shuaibu Misa was kidnapped and he has not been released.”
However, as at the time of filling this report, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Federal Capital Territory command, Josephine Adeh didn’t response to several calls.
