{"id":83145,"date":"2026-03-10T06:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=83145"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:08:39","slug":"kubwa-residents-seek-help-over-incessant-bandit-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/03\/10\/kubwa-residents-seek-help-over-incessant-bandit-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Kubwa Residents Seek Help Over Incessant Bandit Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents of Peze and Kungabokun communities in the Byazhin-Across area of Kubwa, a satellite town in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, have raised alarm over persistent kidnappings by suspected bandits.<\/p>\n<p>They said the gunmen, believed to be operating from surrounding hills and bushes, invade homes at night and abduct residents, including women and children.<\/p>\n<p>A resident, Philip Ikechukwu, claimed that at least 20 people had been kidnapped in the last two weeks. He said the attacks had created widespread fear despite the presence of a joint patrol by soldiers, police and civil defence personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Kalu Uma, a resident of nearby Ijayapi community, described the attacks as a troubling development and urged the government to strengthen security in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Tony Anotu of Revival Family Church recounted how four of his children, aged between six and 16, were abducted on March 3 but later rescued by security operatives without ransom.<\/p>\n<p>He said the kidnappers left behind his three-year-old child and also abducted a vigilante member\u2019s wife and her sister, who were later rescued during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Village Head of Peze, Chief Saidu Ibrahim, said at least 16 residents were kidnapped from his ward within the period and called for the establishment of a permanent security base.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Village Head of Kungabokun, Chief Jagaba Ishaya, said a vigilante officer was killed while several people were abducted during separate attacks, urging authorities to equip local vigilantes adequately.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed that security operatives rescued several victims during joint operations involving the police, military and DSS.<\/p>\n<p>She added that some suspects were neutralised, others escaped with gunshot wounds, while two suspects were arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Residents of Peze and Kungabokun communities in the Byazhin-Across area of Kubwa, a satellite town in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, have raised alarm over persistent kidnappings by suspected bandits. They said the gunmen, believed to be operating from surrounding hills and bushes, invade homes at night and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":83146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,1724,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-83145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-insecurity","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83147,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83145\/revisions\/83147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}