Gunmen have killed one person and abducted two persons in Agwada, the headquarters of the Agwada development area in Kokona LG.

An eyewitness told journalists the gunmen, numbering about 12, stormed the residence of Alhaji Kankau, a Fulani man, around 2 am on Sunday and shot sporadically before whisking away two of his children.

According to reports they killed one of his sons and injured two of his wives receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi.

Chairman of Kokona council, Saidu Kurki, confirmed the incident to The Nation on phone but declined further comments.

Overseer of Agwada Development Area, Mukailu Salihu, who also confirmed the incident on phone, said 52 empty shells of bullets were found by Police on the scene of the attack.