Gunmen attack Abuja community, kill cattle dealer, abduct daughter
Suspected gunmen on Saturday attacked Chitumu, a community near Zuba town in Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
According to Muhammad Liman, the secretary to the community’s village head, said the attackers numbering about fifteen, arrived some minutes after 12 am, and went straight to the house of a cattle dealer, one Isiaka Alhassan Dogara.
“They immediately abducted him with one of his daughters name Fatima, aged fourteen years old. Some of the gunmen killed the father, Alhassan Dogara, as the wives of the abducted person raised alarm.”
He further stated that, three uncles of the man that rushed to the scene sustained injuries.
It was also reported that one Adamu Musa who was shot on his abdomen has been reportedly referred to the Abuja University Teaching Hospital in Gwagwalada.
However, all efforts to contact the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, proved abortive as he neither responded to calls nor replied messages sent on the development.
