Gunmen have killed 11 people in Kuseki community in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory.
A local, Danladi Usman, said the attackers struck last Friday around 10:47pm when the villagers were asleep.
Usman said the bandits armed with weapons and cutlasses came through a bush path, stortmed some houses and shot at the villagers.
He said he was in the toilet when he suddenly heard gunshots, adding that he remained in the toilet.
“It was God that saved me because I went to the open toilet behind the backyard of my house, and a few minutes later, I started hearing gunshots, and I decided to remain inside the toilet for almost 45 minutes,” he said.
He said the suspects broke into his house and shot two of his sons, adding that he later came out of the toilet when the whole community had become tense.
“I later came out and saw two of my children lying in a pool of blood, and I became confused because people were crying and shouting across the entire village. At that moment, I did not know what to do,” he said.
Usman said the gunmen forced some of the villagers to flee their homes that night to the bush, adding that two young men, who hid on the ceiling, helped him to take his two sons to the hospital.
Usman said the armed men killed nine people and injured 10 others with machetes, adding that the wounded were taken to Godiya Clinic at neighbouring Gadabuke town in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State where they were receiving treatment.
He said two more victims – a housewife and an adult male – died on Wednesday at the clinic while undergoing treatment.
“The hoodlums also killed an Igbo trader, who owned a provision shop in the village and carted away some items from the shop,” he added.
The village head of the community, Mr. Gomo Dankwali, said the gunmen might have been hired to attack innocent people of the community.
He said they had been living peacefully until last Friday night, when the gunmen stormed the community and killed 11 of his subjects and injured nine others.
The village chief said he was forced to hide when the attackers invaded the community, moving from house to house, shooting and macheting people.
“It’s God that also saved me because I was inside my room when I started hearing gunshots while some people were crying and shouting. I can’t even tell how I managed to survive the attack that night,” he said.
He said he had reported the incident to the district head of Karshi, even as he said some police officers later visited the community on Saturday and obtained information about the incident and left.
Dankwali said the remains of the 11 victims had been buried by their family members in the community, and appealed to the security authorities to ensure those behind the attack are arrested and prosecuted.
The spokesperson of the command, SP JosephineAdeh, has not responded to enquiries as at press time.
