GUNMEN ATTACK ABUJA COMMUNITY .... Kill Housewife, Abduct Eight

“The husband of the deceased woman was at home when the kidnappers came, but they couldn’t locate where he was hiding, as they whisked away his second wife and two others inside the house."

Armed bandits have reportedly attacked Pari, a community in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday,, leading to the death of a house wife while eight (8) persons were reportedly abducted.

According to one of the residents, who identified himself as Yakubu Saidu, the bandits stormed the remote community 
and first attacked two houses and whisked away two persons amid sporadic gunshots.

Saidu said the bandits had as their target, a car dealer identified as Sadauna but since they could not get him, they went away with two of his brothers, on Tuesday night.

Abubakar Saidu further disclosed that the bandits returned to the community later on in the very early hours of Wednesday during which Salamatu was killed.

The deceased, who was the senior wife of Yusuf Maigunwa, a yam seller in Kwali, attempted to escape through the back door when she was shot dead.

“The husband of the deceased woman was at home when the kidnappers came, but they couldn’t locate where he was hiding, as they whisked away his second wife and two others inside the house.

“Some gangs of the kidnappers, who positioned themselves at strategic places within the community, invaded two houses and whisked away three residents.

“The late woman has been buried in accordance with Islamic rites,” he added