Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
Terrorists have abducted a couple, Mr Sunday Odoma Ojarume and his wife Mrs Janet Odoma, at Sheda village in Kwali area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
A resident of Sheda, Japhet Musa, said the incident happened in the early hours of Sunday.
He disclosed that the suspected kidnappers wielded sophisticated weapons and invaded the community in commando-like style.
Stonix News had reported that parents of students of the Federal Government College , Kwali, have begun to hurriedly evacuate their wards after the school authorities had issued a memo to the effect that terrorists were on the rampage at Kwali area.
The source said the terrorists positioned themselves at strategic places within the community, before other gangs scaled the fence of the victims and whisked them away at gunpoint.
“In fact, Sheda village was tensed on Sunday, because of the sporadic shooting by the kidnappers who positioned themselves at strategic places within the community, before they went and kidnapped the man and his wife,” he said.
He added that the kidnappers later released the woman and asked her to go source for ransom for her husband’s freedom.
Speaking with Daily Trust on Monday, the victim’s wife, who corroborated the account of the witness, said the kidnappers jumped over the fence and whisked the couple away.
“But while they were moving us out of the community, the leader of the kidnappers ordered that they should allow me to go back home so that I will go and source for ransom,” she said.
Narrating how they had access to their house, the woman said she stood up from bed out of fear to open the door when the kidnappers forced the door open.
“My two children were sleeping inside the children’s room, as they could not enter their room. That was what saved my children,” she added.
According to her, a contact has not been established with the kidnappers.
It was gathered that the sporadic gunshots that rented the area during the raid sparked the tension among students of the Federal Government College (FCG) Kwali, who were in their hostels, leading to the message to parents to come evacuate their children.
