Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted two journalists – AbdulGafar Alabelewe (The Nation) and AbdulRaheem Aodu (Blueprint) and their family members – from their houses at the Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Alabelewe, who is the current chairman of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, was kidnapped alongside his wife and two children, while Aodu was abducted with his wife, a family member of one of the victims, Taofeeq Olayemi, said.
Olayemi, who is a family member of Mr Aodu and lives close to the victims’ houses in Dan-Hono community, narrated how the incident happened.
“They came around 10:30pm on Saturday night and started shooting sporadically. They first forced 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. They picked him, his wife and three of his children and a girl staying with them. But they later released the girl with one of the children,” Olayemi said:
He said immediately after the incident the vigilantes in the area arrived and started shooting in the air.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report.
