At least 30 villagers had been kidnapped in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The victims include men, housewives and childreni abducted in the middle of Tuesday night from Yewuti village; the hometown of the immediate past vice chairman of Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti.
Two housewives, Mrs Zainab Umar and Mrs Aisha Zubairu, however, escaped from their abductors while being led into the bush.
Those kidnapped include Idris Mohammed, Abdullahi Zubairu, Sani S. Magani, Peter Modu, Ibrahim Mamman, Yellow Abdulrasheed, Musa Suleiman, Simbiya Ishaku, Sumaiya Ibrahim, Muktari Yunusa,. Mohammed Yeluwa and Rahmat Shagari
Others are Sumaiya Abubakar Yelwa, Mohammed Yelwa, Maimuna Muhammad, Hussaini Ya Nda Agyana, Hamza Ibrahim, Lantana Yunusa, Nabila Agyana, Rufai Salihu, Nafisa Aminu, Kasimu Adamu, Abako Adamu, Abdulyakin Aliyu, Lukman Aliyu, Rahina Audu, Abdulrazak Usman, Sadiya Usman, Darius Samuel and Japheth Osu.
The gunmen invaded eight houses and took away their victims into the bush.
The immediate vice chairman of the council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti, revealed that his younger brother, Idris; two of his elder brothers’ wives and a child were among the captives.
