Fake local vigilantes kidnap family of three in Abuja

Fake local vigilantes armed with machetes and sticks have kidnapped a couple and their son from their residence in the Chikakore area of Kubwa in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Penpushing reports that the Abuja Police Command Public Relations Officer Josephine Adeh in a statement said the suspects disguised as local vigilantes and visited the residence of the family at midnight on Monday, deceiving the husband to open his door.

The spokesperson said the suspects deceived the victim into opening his gate, after which they abducted him and three members of his family, explaining that police deployed officers to the area after a report of the incident.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that seven unknown men, disguised as vigilante members and armed with machetes and sticks, attacked the residence of the victim. The suspects deceived the victim into opening his gate, after which they abducted him and three members of his family’, Adeh stated.

Penpushing further reports that, Adeh,  a police superintendent added that a neighbour who attempted to intervene sustained injuries during the attack, stating that  the injured person was taken to Kubwa General Hospital for medical attention. .

“The FCT Police Command has commenced a comprehensive search and rescue operation aimed at securing the safe recovery of the abducted victims and apprehending the perpetrators of this criminal act’, she said.

Penpushing also reports that the command spokesperson in the statement, however, urged residents to be calm and vigilant and to report any information that could help their investigation.

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