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Some armed men have stormed Danhonu 2 community in Millennium city of Chikun local government area of Kaduna and raided houses of the reporters of The Nation newspaper, AbdulGafar Alabelewe, and the Blueprint Newspaper, AbdulRaheem Aodu, their wives and children.
A family member of one of the victims Taofeeq Olayemi, who confirmed the incident, said the bandits stormed the community at about 10:30pm last night and started shooting sporadically before carrying out their action.
He said they kidnapped AlbdulGafar his wife and two of his children, while Aodu and his wife were kidnapped, leaving behind their sick daughter.
“Initially, they picked Abdulgafar, his wife and three of his children and a girl staying with them before asking the girl to return back with one of the children, leaving with Abdulgafar, his wife and two children.”
“They shattered their doors, windows and removed their burglary after scaling the fence.”
Olayemi, a family member of Mr. Aodu, who lives close to the victims’ houses said,” They came around 10:30pm on Saturday and started shooting sporadically. They first burst Aodu’s door open and picked him and his wife and left their sick daughter behind.
“Then, they entered Abdulgafar’s house through the fence and jumped into his house. They went straight into his bedroom and picked him, his wife and two of their kids. They left immediately, after which the vigilantes arrived and started shooting into the air.”
Alhaji Alabelewe is also the current Chairman of the correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council.
Meanwhile, wife of the Blueprint Newspaper Correspondent AbdulRaheem Aodu was reported to have escaped from the kidnappers.
Another eye witnessed told newsmen that solders visited the communication shortly after the incident.
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the two Kaduna based Journalists.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public
Relations Officer, Kaduna State Command ASP Mansur Hassan said that his men were still in the bush and that efforts were on to rescue the victims unhurt.
Credit: radionigeria.gov.ng
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