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Trending News:Enugu youth group withdraws from nationwide protest.Lawmakers’ 50% salary cut not rhetoric – Reps.Hunger protest: Group writes Lagos CP, requests for security support.Kano sanctions six court registrars for forgery, extortion.JUST IN: Bomb explosion injures girl in Yobe.Man arrested for impregnating sister-in-law, 16, in Anambra.Just In: CBN sells $148m to 29 authorized dealers.Nigeria imported $2.25bn fuel from Malta — Report.NNPC set to recruit new staff.Police foil attempted carjacking, kill two, arrest others in Abuja.BREAKING: Police deploy 4,200 policemen ahead of hunger protest in FCT.Tinubu rallies NSA, monarchs as hunger protest looms.ABUTH resident doctors begin five-day warning strike.Imuse must prove allegations against me, says ex-INEC commissioner.Paris 2024: Men’s Olympics football fixtures.Navy fears clash with NIMASA over proposed maritime law amendment.Kogi people won’t join anti-FG protest – Govt.JTF intercepts 14 boats with stolen crude.Russia downs 75 Ukrainian drones overnight.A’Ibom pharmacists seek eradication of drug smuggling, counterfeiting.Covering number plates attracts jail terms, police warn motorists.Tinubu congratulates new NBA president, Osigwe.Buy me out, Dangote offers to sell refinery to NNPC.ECOWAS spent $13m on counterterrorism, humanitarian interventions – Tinubu.Inferior fuel: FG demands Dangote refinery’s diesel report, orders new test.NDLEA intercepts N9.8bn codeine shipments from India.Global outage hits Paris Olympics IT systems, disrupts accreditation, athlete arrivals.Don tells FG, military to deploy technology to combat insecurityJUST IN: I’m an unofficial APC member, says Shaibu.Crude supply: FG continues fuel importation as Reps probe IOCs.Minimum wage: NASS gets bill Tuesday as Tinubu, Labour agree on N70,000.Withheld salaries: Police block SSANU, NASU protestNUC approves post-graduate programmes for Ajayi Crowther UniversityFG to enforce ban on underage admission in 2025 – MinisterMinimum wage: Labour leaders arrive VillaJUST IN: Appeal court dismiss Sylva’s petition, upholds Diri’s tribunal victoryJUST IN: Nigeria not merit driven, says UzodimmaBREAKING: VCs, others peg varsity admissions at 140Italian journalist to pay €5,000 for mocking PM’s heightFULL LIST: 2024 UTME top scorers FULL LIST: 2024 UTME top scorersAbiodun names major road after Wole SoyinkaAbiodun names major road after Wole Soyinka54 common traffic violations, penalties in NigeriaTrump’s running mate pledges ‘new path’ at Republican conventionFERMA begins rehabilitation of failed roads in RiversTinubu names Walson-Jack new Head of ServiceLASG partners FG to tackle child malnutritionEnd discrimination against PWDs, govt urges citizensINEC warns election observers against rules violationEnugu hosts PDP governors, party leaders.Hon Lawrence Akpeti congratulates Hon. 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About 20 residents of Dawaki, a community near Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory, have been kidnapped.
The attackers were said to have raided houses on Frank Opara Street before security operatives responded to distress calls.
The Chairman of Dawaki Rock Heaven Community, Tunde Abdulrahim, who spoke to newsmen on Monday, said the incident happened at about 7.30pm on Sunday.
Abdulrahim said the armed men, numbering about 50, invaded the community and broke into about six houses.
Commenting on the attack, the FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said in a statement on Monday that the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, led policemen to the scene and engaged the kidnappers in a gun battle.
The statement read, “In an immediate and strategic response to a distress call on the attack by unknown gunmen in Dawaki on May 19, 2024, at about 11.30pm, the operatives of the FCT Police Command, led by the Commissioner of Police, CP Igweh, himself, swiftly mobilised to the scene.
“Displaying remarkable bravery and coordination, the police, in synergy with local hunters, advanced on the assailants, tactically ambushing them at Ushafa Hill via Bwari and Shishipe Hills via Mpape.
This led to a fierce gun duel as the hoodlums were overwhelmed by the firepower of the operatives, forcing them to scamper to safety with various degrees of bullet injuries, and the victims were rescued.
“While one of the rescued victims is still in the hospital receiving medical attention, the Commissioner of Police, FCT, reaffirms the command’s steadfast dedication to maintaining peace and security in the territory, as search operations are ongoing to rescue other hostages who fled the scene during the shootout.”
Reports states how some bandits in the early hours of Sunday abducted five people from Shagari Quarters, Dei-Dei, in the FCT.
Vigilante sources in the community confirmed that the attackers arrived in the area around noon and went straight to the compound of a senior customs officer, where they picked up his wife, three of his children, and a younger brother.
“They spent more than two hours before proceeding to the neighbouring Dakwa community. The man used to work in Abuja with the police Rapid Response Squad (RRS), always parking around his house. But they are no longer around following his deployment to Lagos, though his family is still living in the compound,” the source added.
An attempt by the bandits to attack some houses in Dakwa town was said to have been unsuccessful, following a fierce fire exchange with security men there, which forced them to withdraw, according to the Chief of Dakwa, Dr Alhassan Musa Babachukuri.
The traditional ruler lamented that the bandits have created a base behind Zuma Rock in the Chachi community near Dakawa in neighbouring Niger State, which leads to some forests around Bwari.
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