Gunmen invade military base site in Abuja, kidnap Federal Housing director
The heightened attacks in the nation’s capital city have continued unperturbed as gunmen invaded another residential area situated 200 metres close to a military base in Pambara, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and abducted Aondo Ver, a director in the Federal Housing Authority.
According to reports, the bandits stormed the director’s house around 12:30am on Thursday through the fence.
As of the time of filing this report, the Army had yet to comment on the incident.
This is coming days after gunmen broke into a home at Guita community, Chikakore, Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the FCT and kidnapped two sisters.
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Kidnappings in FCT have been on the rise in the last months with the criminals targeting children, youths and families in their homes and requesting exorbitant amounts as ransom.
Most of the attacks appear well-coordinated, operating in broad daylight, often at busy intersections or near public places such as markets and schools or busy estates.
Weeks ago, kidnappers dumped the remains of four victims they killed around a former military checkpoint behind Idah Junction on the Bwari-Jere SCC Road in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State.
Among the corpses so far identified include a secondary school student identified as the daughter of the Ekiti state-born chief legal officer of the National University Commission (NUC), Folorunsho Ariyo, and a 500-level student of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar.
While Ariyo was abducted along with her mother and three siblings two Sundays ago, Nabeeha was seized with her father and five of her female siblings on January 9.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Police Force has made a significant breakthrough in the case of the abduction and murder of Nabeeha, the daughter of a Bwari-based lawyer, with the arrest of a suspected kidnapper.
In a statement on Sunday, the police announced the arrest of 28-year-old Bello Mohammed during a hotel raid in Kaduna on January 20th.
