At least 12 people, including eight members of the same family, were abducted by suspected bandits in the Kofar Gayan/Kofar Kona Area of the ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State on Saturday night.
Confirming the attack, Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, revealed that the actual number of victims abducted by the bandits remain unknown, adding that he’s yet to receive details of the incident.
The PUNCH reported that the two of the victims, a couple, were released on Sunday morning, according to a daughter of one of the abductees, Hafsat Kusfa.
Narrating the incident to journalists, Kusfa said that gunmen in large numbers broke into their home at about 12.00am (Saturday), went from room to room, picking eight members of their family.
Kusfa revealed that her parents were immediately taken to an undisclosed hospital where they are currently being examined.
She said, “The hoodlums carried guns, machetes. They even spoke Fulfude (Fulani) language among themselves and Hausa language when they wanted to their captives.
“After much arguments, they(bandits) told me and my stepmother(a nursing mother) to go back to the house to take care of the children.
“They took away my father, mother, sister, and my brothers. Those taken away from our house are eight in number.
“We also saw some of the gunmen bringing out other people mostly males from our neighbourhood and later went away with them,” she said.
