Bandits on Thursday night reportedly invaded a community known as ‘Zone A, back of Primary School’, in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, killing a man identified as Felix Chuks and abducting his entire family.
It was gathered that the gunmen who stormed the community at midnight with heavy gunfire, overwhelmed security men in the area before attacking Chuks residence.
A resident said efforts to reinforce security against the attackers proved abortive due to the superior fire power of the bandits.
“The bandits came to the area around midnight when everyone was asleep. It looked like the man was not cooperating with them, which was why they killed him,” he said.
Bandits, who usually operate in the fringes of Niger State, sometimes hit boundary communities in the nation’s capital and flee back to Niger State.
Meanwhile, the police authorities are yet to issue an official statement on the matter.
