Woman stabbed, raped, 10 kidnapped as bandits raid Abia communities
It was a tale of horror and agony in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State as bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, Thursday evening, abducted 10 passengers and took them into the bush.
The hoodlums were armed with dangerous weapons. According to reports, the travellers who boarded the vehicle at the motor park opposite the Abia State University Uturu were on their way to Akara in Isuikwuato.
Their vehicle was said to have been flagged down by the bandits who immediately marched the travellers into the bush. The victim’s identities are yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
According to reports the hoodlums were later engaged in a gun duel by soldiers in a nearby military checkpoint but they managed to escape with their victims.
There is no information yet about the victims as their abductors are yet to make any contacts. State police spokesperson Geoffrey Ogbonna, according to Vanguard, confirmed the kidnapping and said efforts were on to rescue the victims.
In a separate incident, a woman was abducted and raped to death by suspected Fulani bandits whose terrorist activities especially around Uturu axis in recent times have assumed a threatening dimension.
The victim who was reportedly stabbed by the bandits hailed from Amagu, Mbaugwu, Uturu in Isuikwuato LGA.
decried the activities of herdsmen in the area. He regretted that despite spirited efforts by the council to stem the tide, bandits still terrorise innocent folks.
Agbaeze particularly expressed shock and rage that bandits successfully abducted travellers despite having many security checkpoints on the same road.
“It’s so annoying that I have four security checkpoints comprising the army, police and local vigilante on that road between Uturu and Isuikwuato yet such thing happened,” Isuikwuato LGA Chairman, Chima Agbaeze, said.
