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Gunmen Storm Community Near FUTMinna, Kill One, Abduct Two Others
- Sources narrated that the gunmen struck in the wee hours of Thursday
EKO HOT BLOG reports that one person was killed while two others were kidnapped when gunmen launched an attack on Gidan-Kwano, the host community of the main campus of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State.
The gunmen operated directly opposite the main gate of the university.
Students, who live off campus, populate the affected community.
Sources narrated that the gunmen struck in the wee hours of Thursday.
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Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident but said the situation is under control.
However, he said nothing about the death of a resident.
“At about 2330hrs, some suspected hoodlums attacked a shop at Gidan-Kwano opposite FUT Gate and abducted two children of the shop owner.”
“Police/vigilante were immediately drafted to the scene for aggressive manhunt of the hoodlums and during stop and search, one of the suspect was intercepted and arrested at Barkuta village,” he said in a statement.
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