Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted seven persons, including five members of a family in Barakallahu, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis.

Barkallahu is a community neighboring National Teachers Institute (NTI), along Kaduna-Zaria road, in Igabi local government area of the State.

It was gathered that, bandits invaded the community at about 1:30am on Friday, shooting sporadically and broke into a house to kidnap a woman and her four children.

Meanwhile, Kaduna State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Muhammad Jalige did not pick calls put across to him to confirm the incident.

A family head, Mr Abdulsalami Haruna, reported that the bandits broke into his house and abducted his wife and four children, two of whom are students of Federal University, Malumfashi, Katsina State. He said the hoodlums abducted two of his neighbour’s children.

According to him, the bandits also attacked two other houses, including that of a retired director in Kaduna State Ministry of Education, but did not abduct anybody or take anything.

“The incident happened at about 1:30 am. They broke my gate and came into my compound. They broke the door to my house and ordered everybody to follow them.

“They went away with my wife and four of my children, two of whom are students of Federal University, Malumfashi, Katsina State.

“They also attacked my neighbour and went away with two of his children.

“Two other houses, including that of a retired director in Kaduna State Ministry of Education, were attacked, but they did not kidnap anybody or carry anything there.

“We alerted the security personnel but by the time they arrived the bandits had escaped with the victims,” he said.

The Nation