Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Tuesday were said to have invaded Mahuta community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing an old soldier.
Also, the gunmen abducted two women and a mechanic, it was learned.
It was gathered that those kidnapped by the gunmen were initially four persons, including a heavily pregnant woman but “when the gunmen discovered that the pregnant woman could not walk, they decided to abandoned her and went away with the three – two female and a mechanic.”
This is coming barely a week after bandits killed over 50 persons in the same local government and Giwa LG of the state.
The latest incident occurred at about 12 midnight Monday.
Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen came in large number and shooting sporadically, before taking away those they kidnapped.
“The old soldier was a complete gentleman. He lived happily with his neighbors. When the gunmen came shooting all over the place, it was learned that the old soldier came out to see what was happening. They(gunmen ) followed him into his house and killed him,” the source said.
As of the time of filing this report, the police in the state had yet to confirm the incident.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Kaduna State, ASP Mohammed Jalige said he had no details and that he would contact the DPO of the area and get back to our correspondent.
Recalled that in November last year – 2019, two lectures were kidnapped in the same community – Mahuta.
The two lecturers are Dr. Adamu Chinoko and Dr. Umar Chinoko who worked at different institutions of higher learning in the state.
Dr. Adamu Chinoko lectured at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria while his other brother, Dr. Umar Chinoko lectured at the Kaduna Polytechnic.
They later escaped from their captors.
After that, there had been a series of kidnapped cases in the area.
