At the Paikon Basa community in the Gurdi ward of the Abaji Area Council of Abuja, gunmen believed to be bandits killed a seven-year-old boy named Ayuba and kidnapped four neighbors.
In the attack where the thieves robbed some stores and stole food, a man and his wife were also struck by stray bullets.
A resident who talked with Daily Trust claimed that on Friday night, armed robbers broke into the neighborhood.
He stated, “In fact, the sound of the bandits’ gunshots horrified the entire Paiko community. The sporadic firing is what led to the death of a seven-year-old boy.
Abubakar Sadauna, the district chief of Gulida, confirmed the occurrence and mentioned that the couple who had been shot had been transferred to a private hospital in Gwagwalada for treatment.
“I subsequently learned over the weekend that two of the four abducted victims had successfully escaped from the captors’ hideout.
The head of the division said, “Yaba police division headquarters had been alerted about the incident. The officers went to the spot and observed the seven-year-old boy’s corpse before he was buried.
Six villagers were taken hostage by the bandits after they traveled two kilometers to the nearby Mawogi settlement.