{"id":101809,"date":"2022-12-07T13:44:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101809"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:44:41","slug":"bandits-strike-in-abuja-kidnap-corps-member-7-others-in-kubwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/bandits-strike-in-abuja-kidnap-corps-member-7-others-in-kubwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits strike in Abuja, kidnap corps member, 7 others in Kubwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1751535763747829206\" data-legacy-message-id=\"184eb47f4194f5d6\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":18l\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":18k\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Suspected armed bandits struck at the Arab Road Extension 2 in Kubwa district of the FCT late Tuesday, and abducted a serving Youth Corps member, one Adenike, and seven others while killing one resident.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sources said that Miss Adenike who is the only daughter of her parents was abducted when the bandit\u2019s stormed some buildings along the Arab road, shooting sporadically and whisking away any resident they could lay their hands on.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Two persons were said to have been hit by the gunshots resulting in one allegedly dying on the spot while the other was rushed to the hospital after the bandits made away with victims abducted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sources said the bandits gained entrance into the Arab road extension from a hill which serves as a buffer for residents of the area.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cApart from the Youth Corper, we are looking for seven other residents. Nobody can sleep anymore. It was like a war zone the way they were shooting. Luckily two of those kidnapped escaped. That is how we knew seven persons were taken away\u201d, a resident said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFrom Amilomania Street, they moved to Toyin Street, all in Extension 2 Relocation, along Arab Road, in Kubwa\u201d the source said adding that \u201cone of the victims shot dead is a popular tailor in the area,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The source said the bandit\u2019s may have resorted to using the hilly area to gain entrance into the street to avoid the Vigilante who are stationed in the popular entrance of the street, to avoid a fight back.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Efforts to get the FCT Police Command PRO, DSP Josephine Adeh to comment on the development last night proved abortive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ajx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gA gt acV\">\n<div class=\"gB xu\">\n<div class=\"ip iq\">\n<div id=\":18m\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected armed bandits struck at the Arab Road Extension 2 in Kubwa district of the FCT late Tuesday, and abducted a serving Youth Corps member, one Adenike, and seven others&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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