Gunmen have abducted five people from Tungan Maje in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
Dateline Nigeria learnt that five people were taken away by the gunmen.
A resident of Tungan Maje, a village bordering FCT and Niger state, Adamu Tanko, said the incident happened midnight after the gunmen stormed the area shooting sporadically to scare the people.
He said the police, with the help of Vigilante members, confronted the gunmen and succeeded in rescuing seven people out of the 12 abducted.
Confirming the story, however, the FCT Police Command said when it received a distress call on kidnap of some persons on 10th September, 2020 at about 0130hrs in Tungan Maje, “a joint team of Police operatives from the Command Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Rapid Response Squad and Zuba Police Division responded swiftly to the occasion.
“During a fierce gun confrontation with the heavily armed hoodlums, the Police team successfully rescued five of the kidnapped victims.
“Meanwhile, a concerted effort has been deployed to rescue the remaining five victims that are still with the hoodlums who escaped into Niger state through a nearby forest that is surrounded by rocky terrain.
“The Command reassures members of the Public with its commitment to deploy proactive crime-fighting measures to ensure the security of lives and property in FCT,” spokesman for the FCT police, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, said in a statement.
