The secretary of Kuje area council chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, Idris Aloma has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
A member of the victim’s family who craved anonymity confirmed the kidnap of his elder brother on Sunday, January 12.
He said the victim was abducted on Saturday along Gwargwada-Zagabutu village while riding on motorcycle with his two male children, who are between the ages of 10 and 7 years.
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According to him, “They flagged him down at gun point while the gunmen took his two children to a neighbouring village and abandoned them there, before the children now trekked down to the village to alert the villagers that their father has been kidnapped.”
He said some of the villagers immediately trekked to the scene where the victim was abducted and discovered his motorcycle was abandoned inside the bush by the roadside.
According to him, the family has been able to establish contact with the kidnappers, saying they are demanding for a N10 million ransom before the victim will be release.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the FCT police command, Anjuguri Manza, said he was not aware of the latest kidnap incident.
Earlier, The Herald reported that Nigerian Army captain and four soldiers were killed by some gunmen in an ambush in Sarkin Pawa in Munya local government area of Niger state.
The chairman of the Munya local government area, Mohammed Dazz, who confirmed the development said three other soldiers were also injured in the attack.
The deceased were said to have responded to a distress call by residents of Gwar community in Munya local government area when the incident took place.
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