Gunmen on Sunday night kidnapped the wife and daughter of Alhaji Muhammad Swasun, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State.
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The victims, identified as Hajiya Fatima and her daughter Amina, were seized when a five-man gang scaled the fence of the chairman’s residence in the Sakpefu area, firing sporadically to scare residents.
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Witnesses said the assailants broke into one of the rooms, found the victims, and whisked them away at gunpoint. Swasun himself narrowly escaped being taken.
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“They jumped over his fence into the compound and started shooting into the air. They found his wife and daughter in one of the rooms and took them away,” a party official told reporters on Monday.
The attackers reportedly operated for several minutes before fleeing with the hostages to an unknown destination.
Patigi and other parts of Kwara North have suffered repeated abductions in recent months, heightening concerns over insecurity in the region.
When contacted, Kwara State Police Commissioner, Adekimi Ojo, said he had not yet been briefed on the incident.
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