The escalating cases of criminality in Abuja, the federal capital, have worsened with the latest attacks on Gbaupe, a rural village behind ACO Estate Lugbe, along the Abuja Airport Road, where 12 people, including a 9-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, were kidnapped.
A villager told Vanguard that the attack took place on Sunday.
According to him, two of those abducted escaped as they were being arched into the bush behind the village.
One of the men taken away was said to have been dragged out without a shirt or footwear.
Although it was not the first time that criminals attacked Gbaupe, there had never been such a magnitude of kidnapping in the village.
Men of the local Vigilante were said to have engaged the kidnappers but were overpowered due to superior firepower.
Kidnappers have been having a field day in the axis, which extends between Gbau, Kuje, Gauge, Pegi, Abaji, Keti, and Kwali, unchallenged for more than three years.
As of the time of filing this story, at about 9.15 am, it was learnt that the kidnappers had yet to contact the families of the victims.
Speaking with Vanguard under the condition of anonymity, a resident disclosed that the kidnappers who numbered up to 15 operated from 12.15 am till 2.46 am.