Residents of Kungaboku community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed for a police post, permanent deployment of security personnel, and other infrastructure following violent attacks by suspected bandits.
The appeals were made at an expanded residents’ meeting presided over by the community head, Chief Ishaya Jagaba, and at a Kungaboku Farmers Association meeting chaired by a retired Captain, Wale Adebayo.
Kungaboku, a predominantly farming community with hundreds of livestock, poultry, and fish farmers, is located near Byazhin, an extension of Kubwa in Bwari Area Council.
Suspected bandits stormed the community on Thursday night, abducting a retired military officer, Bankole Ganiyu, and three children.
Ganiyu’s wife, a police officer, and two other children in the house during the attack, however, managed to escape unharmed.
During the operation, which reportedly lasted between 11 p.m. and midnight, the bandits attacked a farm settlement, killed a vigilante member on duty, abducted three workers, while six others escaped.
In a cheering development, the seven abductees were among the 19 kidnapped victims rescued on Saturday by troops of the 7 Guards Battalion, Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army, working in collaboration with personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and members of local vigilant group.
The victims were reportedly rescued during a coordinated search and rescue operation conducted around Gidan Dogo in Bwari Area Council.
NAN also recalled that in October 2025, Dr Ifeanyi Ogbu, a veterinary doctor and former chairman of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, FCT Chapter, was killed in Kungaboku by suspected kidnappers who whisked away his three children from his home.
At the expanded meeting, the residents noted that with the level of economic activities in the community, hosting big and modernised farm establishments, Kungaboku deserved a police post with permanent deployment of security personnel.
They also underscored the need to equip the existing vigilant group in the community, incentivise the members and work in synergy with surrounding communities to curtail attacks.
The residents said they were ready to provide land and basic infrastructure for the police post within the community.
They appealed to the FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Miller Dantawaye, to promptly give approval and modalities for the setting up of the police post.
In the interim, they urged the CP to approve a regular police patrol within the community and its environ to ward off attacks and restore the confidence of the residents.
Mr Zephaniah Moses, former youth leader in the community who spoke on behalf of the village head lamented that, following the attacks, many residents had fled their homes and farm houses for safer havens and urged the CP to take prompt action.
He also appealed to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to address infrastructure deficit in the community, particularly the access road and the primary health centre which are in deplorable states.
Adebayo, chairman of the farmers’ association and a resident for over a decade, said Kungaboku used to be peaceful and safe until the recent developments.
He said the community’s peace and safety attracted many high-profile individuals to establish farm settlements and even live there.
Narrating the latest attacks
