Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked a low-cost housing estate at Kofar Gayan in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped six people including a Customs officer and his son.

A resident of the area told newsmen that the gunmen invaded the area at about 8 pm on Wednesday and started shooting sporadically.

According to the resident, they moved straight to the Customs officer’s residence and thereafter took him and his son away.

Although the police authorities were yet to confirm the incident, the resident explained that the bandits trailed the custom officer from his family house in Zaria city down to the estate.  Four others within the estate were later abducted by the gunmen.

This attack comes two days after bandits attacked an Abuja-Kaduna-bound train, killed eight people, injured 26, and kidnapped an unspecified number of persons.

Edited by Nweke Rosemary

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