Gunmen kidnap 4 in Abuja 3-hours Operation

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped four more persons in the federal capital territory, following an attack in Tungan Maje town in Gwagwalada.

It was gathered that the kidnappers operated for three hours, from 12 am to 3 am on Sunday.

Among those abducted was Abdulahi Idris Rakieu, a retired assistant comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) taken alongside two members of his family.

Also kidnapped in the midnight attack was one Olusola Agun.

The attackers were said to have been dressed in military uniform and broke into the two houses through the fence and window.

However, a PUNCH newspaper journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, and two others with whom he was abducted late Wednesday, have been released.

Mr Nnodim and two sons of his neighbour were kidnapped by gunmen who shot their way into their home in Kubwa area of Abuja at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday.

“We were told last night that they had been released, but they came home this morning,” Oluchi Nnodim, wife of the kidnapped journalist said on Sunday.

The kidnappers had demanded N10 million ransom for Mr Nnodim’s release.

Asked about the circumstances of her husband’s freedom after three days of captivity, Mrs Nnodim said, “All I can say now is I thank God for his release.”