Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers shot two persons to death in Bwari town, the headquarters of the Bwari Area Council of the FCT.
The victims were killed on Friday night, when they were returning from Gwagwalada Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, where they had attended a wedding ceremony.
The four wedding guests were on two motorcycles heading back to Garam, a community near Bwari town in the FCT but under Tafa LGA of Niger State.
They were reportedly flagged down by the gunmen around 10:30 pm at Rafin-Azum, which is not far from the Garam community.
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Dantani Daniel, Commander of the Nigerian Forest Security Service (NFSS) in Garam disclosed that the gunmen had earlier abducted a herder from Jinkasa village, located within Dogon-Daji forest, also in the council.
He said one of the four wedding guests was able to escape at the spot, while two others were shot by the gunmen as they were attempting to escape too.
“One of them died instantly, while the other one died at the Bwari General Hospital where he was rushed to. The remaining one person is yet to be heard of and is feared to have been taken away by the kidnappers,” Daniel added.
He further stated that the herdsman who was first abducted by the gunmen also used the advantage of the confrontation to escape.
When contacted, the Suleja Police Area Commander, Muhammad Sani Musa, who was said to have attended the prayers, confirmed the incident to our reporter.
