By Halimah Olamide
At least, two people have bee reportedly kidnapped after some bandits invaded a military estate in the Kurudu area of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
The gunmen were said to have invaded the phase 2 area of the Nigerian Army Post-Service Housing estate around 10 pm on Thursday.
Residents of the estate are said to be Serving and retired soldiers, as well as civilians.
A resident of the estate said gunshots rang for several hours.
Thursday’s attack followed series of deadly attacks that have taken place in and around the FCT.
Security concerns have heightened in the FCT as criminals continue to invade residential areas taking away hostages.
Just last week, six daughters of an Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Mansoor Khadirya were abducted.
One of the sisters was later killed affer which the kidnappers raised the ransom to N700m.