A group of at least 20 armed bandits attacked the Chikakore community in Kubwa, Abuja, on Sunday night, abducting five residents, including a family of three and their visitor.
According to police sources, the assailants stormed the Health Centre extension area of Chikakore around 11 pm. The victims included Adesiyan Akinropo, his wife, their son and a visiting guest. Another neighbour was also taken, bringing the total number of abductees to five.
During the attack, a woman sustained a head injury after being struck with a gun butt. She was rushed to the hospital as she bled profusely. Police operatives from the Byzahin division reportedly arrived at the scene but the bandits had already fled with their captives.
Residents expressed frustration over the delayed police response, noting that officers arrived approximately 90 minutes after the incident.
“The bandits have resumed attacks in Chikakore. We need a police division here in this community. We have land and a five-bedroom apartment already built to accommodate the police but there is no deployment yet,” a community member lamented to Sahara Reporters.
The attack adds to growing concerns about security in the Chikakore community which previously faced violence in January when fleeing bandits from Katsina State detonated explosives near an Islamic school in Kuchibuyi, Bwari Area Council. That explosion claimed two lives.
Efforts to reach the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, for comments were unsuccessful as calls went unanswered.
