Armed bandits have kidnapped two journalists – Abdulgafar Alabelewe of The Nation and AbdulRaheem Abdu of the Blueprint newspaper as well as their wives and children in Kaduna state.
It was gathered that the kidnapping incident happened on Saturday night, July 6 after invaded after the bandits invaded the Dahjonu community in Millennium City of Chikun local government area of the state.
As reported by The Punch, a family member of one of the victims, Taofeeq Olayemi, confirmed the incident.
Olayemi said the bandits invaded the area around 10.30 pm and shot indiscriminately before kidnapping the victims.
He added said the terrorists kidnapped Alabelewe, his wife, and two of his children.
Alabelewe is also the current chairman of the correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna state council.
According to the source, Abdu and his wife, who was also sick, were kidnapped, leaving behind their sick daughter after the bandits scaled their fence, shattered their doors, and windows and removed their burglary, Daily Trust reports.
“Initially, they picked Alhaji 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.”
The state Police public relations officer (PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan, is yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filing this report.
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