Eight people have been reportedly kidnapped in the late hours of Tuesday when bandits attacked Keke A and Keke B areas of New Millennium City, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State.
The attack, according to residents of the area, started around 11 pm and lasted for one hour before security operatives arrived and engaged the gunmen.
A resident of Keke A who pleaded for anonymity said at least three people were kidnapped, including the wife of a yet-to-be-identified military officer in the area.
Daily Trust learnt from the resident that the bandits were suspected to have targeted a particular house in the area during the attack.
“They also kidnapped another man who is the immediate neighbor of the military officer. In fact, the neighbor was picked up alongside his eight-year-old daughter, but they eventually dropped the daughter when her mother continued shouting at the top of her voice.
“Another man who was just returning home in his car at the time ran into the kidnappers. He was the third person that was taken away,” the source said.
Also, a resident of Keke B confirmed to our correspondent that a man, his wife and two of their housemaids were also kidnapped.
When contacted about those kidnapped in Kaduna, the Kaduna State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Muhammad Jalige, said he would get back to our correspondent but had yet to do so at the time of filing this report.
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