EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Nuku village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Spokesman of Kwara Command of the corps, Babawale Afolabi, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Ilorin on Thursday.
Afolabi also disclosed that the gunmen abducted two minors of the same family and inflicted bodily injuries on the head of the family and one other person with a machete.
He said that the abducted girls were later released after the abductors had carnal knowledge of them.
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“In the early hours of November 3, some yet to be identified gunmen invaded Alhaji Hassan Yunusa’s settlement, at Nuku village in Kaiama.
“Investigation revealed that the assailants were actually looking for money, as they ransacked the whole place and could not find anything.
“They attacked Alhaji Yunusa and Woru Yunusa with multiple machete wounds and went away with two girls, but later released them a few hours later.
“It was discovered that the abductors had canal knowledge of the innocent girls,” he said.
The spokesman said that the two victims were receiving medical treatment at a medical facility and a series of medical tests were carried out on them.
He however said that security operatives had started an investigation to apprehend the perpetrators for prosecution to serve as a deterrent.
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