12-year-old boy, Charcoal Seller among 9 people kidnapped with four NSCDC officers in Abuja …Abductors demand N10m

A 12-year-old boy and a Gwari man who sells charcoal were among the five people kidnapped alongside four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Pegi, a community in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday.

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The 12 year-old-boy was with his mother and eight-year-old sister when they were ambushed by the abductors, who wore military camouflage.

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The mother was let go with the eight-year-old sister because she limped as she had issues with one of her legs.

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They reportedly shot and injured a civil defence officer before taking away the nine persons.

A source told WazobiaReporters that as at the night of Wednesday, the kidnappers, who had called the families of their victims with a demand of N10m ransom were insisting on not less than N5 million for each of the victims.

The source also revealed that the kidnappers, 11 in number were Fulanis while they have ensured that their victims were never allowed to communicate in any other language apart from pidgin English.

The police and the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps said they have launched a manhunt for the abductors.

The NSCDC spokesman, Emma Okeh, said one of the civil defence officers, Tosin Ayeni, was on his way home when he was abducted while his colleague, Aku Attah, was shot.

He said, “We have launched an operation with the police to rescue the victims. Since the kidnappers called the families of their victims and demanded N10m ransom, we have not heard from them again.”