Gunmen raid hotel, abduct owner, his family members and guests in Niger State

Suspected kidnappers raided a hotel and abducted seven people, including the owner in Gauraka community, located off Abuja Kaduna expressway, in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State. 

A resident of the community, who simply gave his name as Musa, said the attacker raided the hotel around 1 am on Saturday, August 17, 2024, and abducted all the lodgers in the facility. 

The commander of the security vigilante in the area, Sabo Abdullahi, listed the seven victims as proprietor of the hotel, his younger brother and his wife, the hotel manager, as well as three other guests. 

He said the bandits who forced the gate of the facility opened on arrival, fired gunshots when they were leaving with their victims, which drew the people’s attention to the incident

“There was only one member of the security hunters close to the area and he fled the area on sighting them. On our own side, we were camping around the central part of the town, and it was already late by the time we received the information,” he said.

According to the Daily Trust, City, Gauraka community has witnessed not less than five kidnapping incidents within the last four months, with one just about three weeks ago. 

Some residents while lamenting over the continued attacks on the town by the bandit, said the gunmen often take their victims to the forest nearby Apo community close to the area, as well as other areas along the Ijah-Koro, and Ijah-Gwari Road, which leads to Bwari town in the FCT..