No fewer than 29 residents of Yewuti village, in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be terrorists. It was learnt that the incident happened around 1am on Tuesday when the kidnappers, in their large numbers, invaded the community. Yewuti is the hometown of the immediate past vice chairman of Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti. The people abducted were said to have comprises of male adults, housewives and children.
April 26, 2023No fewer than 29 residents of Yewuti village, in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be terrorists.
Yewuti is the hometown of the immediate past vice chairman of Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti.Daily Trust reports that two housewives, Mrs Zainab Umar and Mrs Aisha Zubairu, escaped from their abductors while being led into the bush. Other victims included, Sumaiya Abubakar Yelwa, Mohammed Yelwa, Maimuna Muhammad, Hussaini Ya Nda Agyana, Hamza Ibrahim, Lantana Yunusa, Nabila Agyana, Rufai Salihu, Nafisa Aminu, Kasimu Adamu, Abako Adamu, Abdulyakin Aliyu, Lukman Aliyu, Rahina Audu, Abdulrazak Usman, Sadiya Usman, Darius Samuel and Japheth Osu.
The immediate vice chairman of the council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti, who confirmed the incident noted that his younger brother, Idris and two of his elder brothers’ wives and a child were kidnapped in his family’s residence.
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