By: Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL |
January 05, (THEWILL) – At least one person has been killed and two police officers injured while responding to a kidnap attack on seven family members by gunmen, who invaded Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The deceased, a middle-aged man, simply identified as Alhaji, who led policemen to foil the kidnapping of the seven family members, was shot dead by the gunmen.
A resident of Bwari, Isaiah Samuel, said the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday, when the gunmen invaded Zuma 1 in Bwari central ward of the Area Council.
Samuel said the gunmen positioned themselves at strategic places after they had identified their victim’s house, saying the victim upon suspecting a strange sound immediately placed a call to a relation identified as Alhaji, who mobilised policemen to the scene.
“It was when the man suspected a strange sound in front of his house that he immediately called his brother, popularly called Alhaji to alert the police”, Samuel said, adding that Alhaji was leading a team of policemen to the house when one of the bandits hiding at a corner shot him dead.
Samuel said the exchange of fire between the gunmen and the police, led to two of the Police officers sustaining gunshot wounds.
“The bandits eventually succeeded in whisking away the man and his family members, because the distance from the victim’s house to where the police engaged the bandits is far”, he added.
The FCT Police Command has not issued any statement on the incident.
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