Bandits have abducted the Bureau Chiefs of The Nation newspaper, AbdulGafar Alabelewe, and Blueprint newspaper, AbdulRaheem Audu, along with their family members late Saturday at Millennium City, Igabi Council of Kaduna.
Both bureau chiefs reside in the same community and live as neighbours.
Alabelewe is also the current chairman of the Correspondents Chapel.
A family member of one of the victims, Taofeeq Olayemi, contacted The Guardian at midnight and reported that the bandits visited the community at about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and kidnapped Mr Alabelewe, his wife, and two of his children.
Olayemi also said that the Bureau Chief of Blueprint and his wife were also abducted.
According to Olayemi, who is a family member of Mr. Audu, “They came around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night and started shooting sporadically. They first burst Abdulraheem’s door open and picked him and his wife. They left their sick daughter behind.
“Then they entered AbdulGafar’s house. They climbed the fence and jumped into his house. They went straight into his bedroom and picked him, his wife, and two of their kids. Immediately they left, vigilantes started shooting into the air.”
Kaduna police command spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, could neither pick up nor respond to calls and text messages to his telephone at the time of filing this report.
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