13 persons have been kidnapped by gunmen in Piko, a remote community in the Bwari area council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
Reportedly, the incident which occurred on Sunday, May 5, 2024, lasted for over an hour, without any from either the vigilante group or other security agencies.
According to a close source to LeadExpress, the Maidakin of the community, Chief John Jatau has confirmed that 10 residents were kidnapped from his domain, including 4 nomadic Fulani herdsmen.
Although out of the four Fulani people, one escaped from the kidnappers’ custody, the gunmen are demanding N900m ransom for the victims release.
Identifying some of the victims as; Nuhu Anyiwoyi, Emmanuel Nuhu, Danjuma Ali, Parisa Numa, Ezekiel Jatau, Shekwosa Ezekiel, Roseline Samuel, Salome Jacob, Abyelo Ezra, and Ezra Male he said;
“The kidnapping incident occurred last night Sunday 05/05/2024, at about 11 pm. The kidnappers raided the village for about one hour without any response, or reaction from the community or outsiders, the major challenge the community faced last night in terms of communication to others was as a result of no telecommunication network in the village, so they picked people’s house to house, from the community they picked about 13 people, and later release three,” he narrated.
“The Madakin Piko informed me that they (gunmen) have called and they said they need the ransom of N900,000,000 (nine hundred million naira). They picked about four Fulani people and one of them is released.”
