Anxiety as Bandits Kidnap Top Director of FG Agency Near Military Base in Abuja
- Abuja community has been thrown under tension following the abduction of Aondo Ver, a director at the federal housing authority
- Aondo Ver was reportedly abducted at about 12am on Thursday at a place that was about 200 metres close to a military base in Pambara in the Bwari area of the FCT
- The bandits, who reportedly shot in the air sporadically, attacked retired, serving military personnel and civilians during the attack
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FCT, Abuja - There is fresh tension in Abuja following the abduction of Aondo Ver, a director at the Federal Housing Authority in Abuja, by bandits.
They reportedly struck at 12am on February 1, at about 12 am and allegedly shot in the air sporadically, leading to panic, before escaping through the forest.
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The incident was confirmed by residents, who revealed that military personnel were stationed at an army base popularly referred to as 'camp'.
According to The Punch, the military is stationed about 200 metres away from the incident scene in the Pambara Extension.
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The people in the area disclosed that the bandits attacked some residents. Military personnel, serving and retired, were also struck by the assailants.
The source said:
“Bandits attacked Pambara Extension over the night, at about 12:30 am today (Thursday), and they abducted one of our neighbours, Mr Aondo Ver, who is a Director in Federal Housing Authority, FCT."
Another resident lamented that the incident had created panic for the people of the estate, considering that the military base was closed and there were serving and retired military personnel living in the area.
Peter Obi visits late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar's family
Legit.ng earlier reported that Peter Obi of the Labour Party visited the family of the late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, whom kidnappers killed over the failure of her father to pay the ransom on time.
Recall that Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar was kidnapped along with her four sisters and her father, but her father was released to raise N50 million for the girls' ransom before the police rescued them.
Obi, in his condolence visit to the family on Tuesday, described the incident as heartbroken and called on Nigerians to build a united front to fight insecurity in the country.
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