The wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice-Chairman in Gwargwada Ward, Kuje Area Council, Asabe Mohammed Koriya has been kidnapped along with 10 other people.
The captives are said to have been kidnapped on Friday at about 5:00pm.
A relative of one of the victims, identified as Salihu Ibrahim, said that they were abducted along Gwargwada-Gwombe junction near Rubochi Community.
Ibrahim further revealed that the victims were abducted while returning to Gwombe and Pesu villages after attending a political function at the neighbouring Gwargwada village.
He added that the kidnappers who were more than 30 in number barricaded the road with logs of wood, flagged down motorcycles and took the victims into the bush.
According to Ibrahim, “but two other persons who were on a motorcycle escaped. Upon sighting the kidnappers, they abandoned the motorcycle and fled into the bush but the kidnappers set the motorcycle ablaze.
The Agabe of Gwargwada-Ugbada, Hussaini Agabi Mam, confirmed the abduction of 11 people, including the wife of the PDP ward chairman of the area.
He said, “Three of the victims are from my place, four from Pesu while the remaining victims are from the neighbouring Gwombe village.”
The monarch disclosed that the kidnappers called at about 9 am on Monday to inform them that the victims are in their den.
He added that they demanded twenty-five million Naira ransom before the victims will be set free.
The monarch noted that one of the victims told the kidnappers that no one among the victims can afford one hundred thousand Naira not to talk of raising a million naira.
He noted that the kidnappers had since stopped picking calls.
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