They Have Done It Again In Kaduna, Shooting At Close Range…

Kaduna, especially the Sabon Gero neighbourhood is in the news again, with one Joint Task Force civilian member dead, and the whereabouts of about 16 residents unknown.

The residents whose whereabouts are still unknown as at the time of this report, included a medical doctor and his family.

It was at about 10pm yesterday when bandits reportedly invaded the community in the Millineum City Kaduna and started shooting at close range, The Eagle gathered.

They were said to have arrived in  on motorcycles and opened fire on the people and forcing them to run for dear lives.

” The JTF commander and his colleagues opened fire at the bandits  but unfortunately he was not aware that they  were very close.”

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“The bandits opened fire and hit the commander on his legs and he fell down. They shot him on the head  the bullet scattered  his skull.

” Another resident was also hit with a bullet and he died on the way to the hospital.”

“Two people lost their lives, 16 were abducted, while, 6 were rescued during the attack. The bandits might have targeted the house of a medical doctor in the area as they went straight to his residence and abducted him and 6 members of his family.”

“They attacked other houses and abducted 9 other residents.

An officer confirmed that the commander had been killed by the bandits.”

“They took his corpse to his wife and later buried him. We are just coming from the burial ground ,” he said.

“The situation could have been worse  but the people quickly informed neighbouring communities who came out and  chased the bandits.

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“That was how we were able to rescue 6 kidnapped persons,”the source as monitored on Vanguard.

The report added that the residents of the area are now in fear.