A two-month-old child and his mother have been abducted at Awawa village in Kwali Area Council of Abuja.
A family member of the victims, who preferred anonymity, said kidnappers invaded the community in the wee hours of Thursday and surrounded the house of an immigration officer.
He said the kidnappers, who wielded AK-47 rifles, shot sporadically to scare away residents.
He said they forced their way into the house of the immigration officer after destroying some windows.
“It was after they gained entrance that the two brothers of the immigration officer summoned courage and engaged them,” he said.
He said the men struggled with the kidnappers for over 30 minutes, until one of the kidnappers, who was outside entered the house and shot them on their legs.
“It was after they noticed that the two men couldn’t engage them again that they whisked away the woman and her two-month-old baby,” he said.
(DAILYTRUST)
