Kidnappers on Friday night invaded the residence of Hezekiah Francis at Abattoir new extension in Abaji metropolis of Abuja, abducting him and his wife, Josephine Hezekiah and their five-month -old child, Hanniel Hezekiah.
For some time now, bandits and other gunmen have been advancing towards the capital city Abuja from neighboring States like Niger, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau and Kaduna.
While the man’s wife and the child were released later, the husband is still with the abductors.
But Josephine Adeh, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command Spokesperson dismissed the report, saying: ”There is no such incident within the FCT.”
Andeh noted that the Command would not rest on its oars in ensuring that all criminal activities are rooted in the capital city, adding that all boundaries that link Abuja with other States are being closely monitored by the vigilant officers of the Command.
But the victim’s wife confirmed the incident, narrating how gunmen scaled the fence and broke into their residence around 11pm on Friday.
She said some of them surrounded the house while others who got in destroyed the burglary of their windows from where they entered into the room.
“They first went to the first flat where my younger sister was sleeping and destroyed the door, but luckily they couldn’t see her where she was hiding. They now came to the main flat where my husband and I were and took us away,” she said.
She said while they were being taken away, after walking some few meters away from house, the kidnappers told her to go back since she was breastfeeding a child.
Attempts to make Adeh react to the woman’s claim did not yield results as she neither answered calls nor replied a text message sent afterwards.
First published in Daily Trust