Gunmen Killed One, Abducts Couple Amid Lockdown In Kaduna

Some yet to be identified gunmen suspected to be kidnappers reportedly gun to death a student of Kaura Namoda Polytechnic, Zamfara State, who hails from a community in the Chukun Local Government Area, Kaduna State.

According to reports made available to newsmen on Friday morning, a group of gunmen invaded the Kaduna community in the early hour of Friday, killed one, abducted a couple who were said to have newly relocated to the area.

Given updates on the incident, a source, Mr Jeremiah Yuyoyo who claimed to have witnessed the attack told newsmen that the gunmen invaded the area at about 1:30 am on Friday, April 17 shooting sporadically.

“Unfortunately, a neighbour who raised alarm, was shot dead,” Yuyoyo revealed.

“They came shooting sporadically. Everybody was afraid. The shooting left all residents of Gbagyi Villa in fear. They killed one of the local security men and went away with two persons, a husband and wife,”

He added, “Residents of the affected area alerted police authorities who came to the area but couldn’t stay long, as they received another distress call.”

“While the police patrol team were in our area, they received another call that someone has been killed in Maraban Rido and they had to leave.

“May God help the situation in Kaduna,” Yuyoyo prayed.

On his part, the chairman of Vigilante in Gbagyi Villa, Engineer Martins Emmanuel, in a phone conversation with a news correspondent described the incident as unfortunate.

He, however, noted that they were still trying to unravel circumstances surrounding the incident.

As at the time this report was given, no comment has yet been made by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mohammed Jalinge, who was reached on phone, even via an SMS.

Meanwhile, Naija News reported that at least 14 people have been killed and fifteen other injured as fire broke out Thursday at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State.