Gunmen, dressed as herdsmen, on Sunday evening invaded Sagwari Layout Estate in Dutse, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory FCT in Bwari Area Council, and abducted eight residents and two staff members of a nearby hotel.
Vanguard reported that the incident happened around 7:30 p.m.
The victims were said to have shepherded by their abductors to the nearby hills behind the estate.
An eyewitness said efforts by some security personnel and the estate security to go after the kidnappers were fiercely resisted by the bandits, who had superior firepower and were firing from vantage positions atop the hills.
Recall that the FCT Police Command had at the weekend assured residents of Abuja, particularly those living in Ushafa, Bwari, and environs, of their safety as additional police personnel have been deployed to ensure that security threats are nipped in the bud.
Ushafa is just about five minutes from the estate in Dutse.
The FCT Police Commissioner, CP Haruna Garba, visited areas in Bwari last Wednesday following reports of kidnapping attacks to review the security situation in the area.
Recall also that on December 24, bandits invaded the Garam community, which is a five-minute drive from Bwari in the FCT, killing a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God and kidnapped 13 other persons.
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