Ibrahim Fari Shafiu, a loyalist of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial District has been identified as one of the persons allegedly abducted by gunmen at Trademore Estate in Abuja on Monday. The media on Wednesday reported that Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services uncovered boxes of explosives in an estate located in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory. It was learnt that two pistols were also recovered from an apartment rented by an alleged terrorist in the estate.
EXCLUSIVE: Family Narrate How Over 30 Heavily Armed Masked Men Loyal To Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello, Raided Abuja Estate To Abduct Shafiu, Brother-In-Law; Label Them As TerroristsA source who witnessed the operation told SaharaReporters that the gunmen came in multiple cars and were 30 – 40 in number.
The management also advised residents to report any suspicious movements, persons or activities to its executives, street representatives or the police. According to the source, the gunmen first entered a building that supposedly belongs to an assistant commissioner of police, where they assaulted the family and brought out children in handcuffs before one of them noted that they had raided the wrong house.
"They couldn't even move, they were just shedding tears and the whole house was turned upside down; the ceiling was broken and the doors and so on. So, I had to control myself and went to the estate management post. "They now proceeded to another building. After knocking without getting a response, they entered the compound using a ladder, jumped over the fence and ransacked the building. They did not see anything.
"They proceeded to the second BQ where they saw his neighbour cooking. They put guns to the heads of the neighbour and her children. The woman told me that she peed her pants when she saw the kind hefty men that came and their guns. "When I spoke with the estate management chairman, he told me that he does not know them. He said all efforts to approach them proved abortive as they threatened to open fire on anybody that came close.
The mother of two who is also pregnant said the gunmen didn't have mercy on them, noting that they tied them and ordered them to lie down. He alleged that Shafiu was abducted by Bello’s hitmen led by a Nigerian Navy officer identified as Charles.“His name is Shafiu, he was with APC and later switched to PDP. That is the reason why he was kidnapped. They fear he knows too much about their atrocities. He was working as a political thug for Yahaya Bello before he left APC; he was involved in many attacks on political opponents in Kogi State. So, they felt losing him to PDP would be disastrous.
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