The kidnappers of two sisters in Guita community, Chikakore in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have demanded N30 million.
Though the FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, would not speak on the issue, it was learned that the gunmen, numbering six, made away with the teenage girls, who were said to be 16 and 14 years old, through the forests and hills in the area.
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A source in the area who confirmed their kidnapping said the attackers took three children from a family, including two girls and one boy, but they went away with the two girls and sent back one (the boy) from the bush.
He was sent to go and tell their father to prepare N30 million as the ransom.
The source said, “The gunmen changed their approach when they came; they didn’t shoot like before, but forced themselves inside. While they were forcing themselves inside, the owner of the house (a Calabar man) ran to the vigilante’s office, then he ran to the commander’s house before the commander could call another person and rush to his house; the gunmen were already gone.
“It was when they were going that they started shooting, unlike before, when they would shoot before the operation and till the end.
“They took three of his children, two girls and one boy, but they went away with two and sent back one (the boy) from the bush, saying that he should go and tell their father to prepare N30 million naira for their ransom.
“When they were taken, the two girls (16 and 14 years old) were wearing nightgowns. The mother tried to plead with the gunmen to let her wear something for the cold, but instead they beat up the mother. She had no option but to just let the girls go the way they were under the cold.
“Before the police came to the scene, they were already gone. Some of the vigilantes later traced them to the railway line, to the rocks, but there was no trace anymore.”
This is coming barely days after the Chikakore community protested to the office of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, over the terrible state of the major road linking their community, which they described as one of the causes of serial kidnapping in the area.