Gunmen have abducted a PUNCH reporter, Okechukwu Nnodim, from his house in the Arab Road area of Kubwa, Abuja.
The kidnappers also attacked his neighbours and went away with the two sons of a widow, Faith Gbeyide.
The abductions occurred on Wednesday.
The gunmen have since demanded N10 million from Nnodim’s Lagos State-based sister.
Narrating the incident on Thursday, Nnodim’s wife, Oluchi, explained that her husband was working on his laptop when five strange men scaled the fence and entered their compound, ordering them to open the door.
Oluchi said the gunmen fired several shots at the windows and subsequently pulled down the burglary proof, after which they forced open the front door.
She said: “My husband asked me to stay with the children in their room.
“I heard the men asking him to bring out money, but he told them he didn’t have money in the house.
“They took our phones and marched him out of the house.
“They went to our neighbour’s house and also abducted her two sons.”
Gbeyide explained that her son opened the door when the men threatened to kill them if they refused.
She stated: “They took the N9,000 in my purse, upturned the television set in the room, and went away with my first son.
“My second son started following them and they also took him away.”
The spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Miriam Yusuf, has confirmed the development.
Yusuf said the police had launched a manhunt for the kidnappers.
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