Bandits on Saturday night during attack on the Danhonu community in the Chikun local government Alarea of Kaduna State, abducted two journalists and their family members.
The victims, Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe and AbdulRaheem Aodu, who are correspondents for The Nation and Blueprint Newspapers in Kaduna State, were kidnapped by the criminals during the unfortunate attack.
NewsBand gathered that Mr Alabelewe, who is the current chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, was whisked away alongside his wife and two children.
While Aodu and his wife were also kidnapped, leaving behind their sick daughter.
A family source of one of the victims, Taofeeq Olayemi, according to Dailytrust said that bandits invaded the community at about 10:30pm, shooting sporadically before the abduction.
“They entered Abdulgafar’s house through the fence.
“They went straight into his bedroom and picked him, his wife and two of their kids and left immediately, after which the vigilantes arrived and started shooting into the air,” he added.