A seven-year-old boy simply identified as Ayuba was killed when bandits struck at the Paikon Basa community in Gurdi ward of Abaji Area Council of Abuja.
A resident, James Gwatana, said bandits wielding sophisticated weapons invaded the community Friday night. He said apart from the child who was killed, a man and his wife were also hit by stray bullets.
“In fact, the entire Paiko community was terrified because of the sound of gunshots of the bandits. It was as a result of the sporadic shooting that the seven-year-old boy was killed,” he said.
He said the bandits abducted four residents and raided some shops where they carted away foodstuffs.
The District Head of Gulida, Abubakar Sadauna, confirmed the incident to our reporter via telephone. He said the couple’s shot had been taken to a private hospital for treatment.
“I later received information over the weekend that two among the four kidnapped victims, later escaped from the abductors’ den,” he said.
He said the Yaba Police Division headquarters had been informed about the attack, adding that the police went to the scene and saw the corpse of the 7-year-old boy before it was buried.
Daily Trust gathered that the bandits later proceeded to a neighboring Mawogi community, two kilometers away from Gasakpa, and abducted six villagers.
The spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, DSP Adeh Josephine, did not reply to a text message sent to her over the reported attack.
