Many people were reportedly kidnapped when bandits attacked Keke area of New Millennium City, Kaduna on Monday night.
The Nation gathered the attack occurred around 9:00pm when many residents were yet rk return from work.
Though men of the Millennium City Police Division were still in the area to ascertain the number people kidnapped, a resident told our correspondent that, many people were kidnapped.
According to the resident: “The kidnappers came around 9:00pm during that rain. So, people were not alerted early enough, because the rain was heavy. They kidnapped many people. Most of the people kidnapped were just returning home during the attack and they just ran into the bandits.”
Meanwhile, ollowing Sunday’s terrorists ambush of a Joint Patrol team made up of troops of 7 guards Battalion and 176 Battaion of Guards Brigade during a patrol along the Bwari-Kubwa road in which an Army Captain was killed, military sources have confirmed that a Lieutenant and five soldiers are still missing in action.
This is just as it has emerged that both Captain Samuel Attah who was killed and Lieutenant Ibrahim Suleiman who is among those still missing in action were indigenes of Kogi State
Sources told Vanguard that while those who sustained injuries during the ambush were recieving medical attention at a military medical facility in Abuja, efforts are currently on to locate and rescue the missing officer.