Gunmen Abduct 2 Journalists , Wives , Others In Kaduna

Correspondent of The Nation Newspaper in Kaduna state, Abdulgafar Alabelewe and that of  the Blueprint newspaper , AbdulRaheem Abdu  have been abducted by gunmen  and their whereabouts have remained unknown.

They were taken away by  the gunmen along with  their wives and children.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the incident happened in Dahjonu community , Millennium City , Chikun Local Government, Kaduna state

Alabelewe is  the current chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kaduna state Council.

One of the  family members of the victims, Taofeeq Olayemi, who confirmed the incident, said the gunmen arrived in the area at about  10.30 pm .

Olayemi said the  gunmen  kidnapped Alabelewe, his wife, and two of his children, while Aodu and his sick  wife, were kidnapped, leaving behind their sick daughter.

He said, ‘Initially, they picked Abdulgafar, his wife, and three of his children and a girl staying with them before asking the girl to return with one of the children and left with Abdulgafar, his wife, and two children.

They shattered their doors and windows and removed their burglary after scaling the fence’.

They came at about 10:30 pm on Saturday and started shooting indiscriminately. They first forced Aodu’s door open and seized him and his wife and left their sick daughter behind.

Then, they entered Abdulgafar’s house after scaling the fence and jumped into his house.

They went straight to his bedroom and seized him, his wife, and two of their kids and left immediately, after which the vigilantes arrived there  and started shooting into the air’-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank yo