Gunmen in military uniform numbering about 50 have raided Dawaki community in Abuja, and abducted at least 20 people.
Witnesses said it was yet another daring onslaught by the att#ckers , who they variously described as band#ts, armed robbers, terr#rists, among other names.
Dawaki, a heavily populated neighbourhood, where thousands of workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) live, is located opposite the Gwarinpa Estate, the biggest organised single settlement in Nigeria, located along the Abuja-Kubwa Expressway.
It was learnt that the invaders, armed with different categories of weapons, stormed Dawaki around 7.30 pm on Sunday, and operated up till around 8.30 pm.
The incident took place not long after kidnappers assaulted Shagari Quarters in Dei-Dei, which is about five kilometres away on the same Abuja-Kubwa Express way, and abducted the family of a Customs officer.
A resident of Dawaki, Hosea Christopher, said the bandits abducted 17 residents from three houses and on the street along Fulani Junction.
He, however, said five of the abductees escaped while being taken towards a mountain in the outskirt of the area.
He said while the bandits were heading to a forest around the Usuma Dam, they were confronted by DSS operatives.
