Gunmen, suspected to be bandits have killed two persons and abducted 22 others in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja.
The gunmen, reported to be in scores, stormed farms in Rafin Daji, a farming community in Abaji Area Council where they whisked away men, women and children on their farm lands during the day.
The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday but was not reported until the police confirmed it on Friday.
Rafin Daji is a border community between the FCT and Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State.
Thirteen members of a family were among the 22 persons abducted by the suspected bandits who also burnt down two tractors belonging to the owner of a large farm in the area during their operation.
“We have confirmed that 22 people were kidnapped from different farms in the Rafin Daji area of Abaji, and the kidnappers are Fulani herdsmen. When they spoke to a relative through the phone this morning using one of the kidnapped victims’ phone,…
