Unknown gunmen had reportedly attacked a community called Piko in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Sunday night, 5 May 2024, kidnapping 13 persons and demanding N900 million ransom.

According to an eyewitness, Chief John Jatau affirmed that 10 residents from his domain were part of those kidnapped including four Fulani. He reported that one out of the four Fulani that were abducted managed to escape from the kidnappers’ detention.

Jatau identified the victims still in captivity as Nuhu Anyiwoyi, Emmanuel Nuhu, Danjuma Ali, Parisa Numa, Ezekiel Jatau, Shekwosa Ezekiel, Roseline Samuel, Salome Jacob, Abyelo Ezra and Ezra Male.

Explaining the incident, he stated, “The kidnapping incident occurred on Sunday 05/05/2024, at about 11:00 pm. The kidnappers raided the village for about one hour without any response or reaction from the community or outsiders.”

“The major challenge the community faced in terms of communication to others was as a result of no telecommunication network in the village, so they picked people house to house. From the community, they picked about 13 people, and later released three.”

He added that the Madakin Piko informed him that the kidnappers had called and demanded N900 million as ransom.

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