16-year-old boy and six girls have been abducted from Gidan-Bijimi in Kawu ward, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

According to Daily Trust, Gidan-Bijimi shares a boundary with Marke village near the Kaduna State border.

A resident of Kawu, Suleiman Shuaibu, confirmed the incident to the Daily Trust via telephone on Thursday morning.

He said the armed bandits, carrying AK-47 rifles, invaded two houses in the community around 9:47 p.m., firing sporadically and abducting six young girls and a 16-year-old boy.

The attack threw the community into chaos, he noted.

He added that some vigilantes attempted to confront the attackers but were overwhelmed due to the bandits’ superior firepower.

Shuaibu also revealed that the abducted girls are aged between 17 and 23.

“It was around 9:53 pm when a call came from Gidan -Bijimi community that some bandits invaded the village and abducted six young girls, unfortunately my cousin sister happened to be among the victims,”he said.

He said some residents were forced to flee their homes after the incident, even as he said contact is yet to be established with the abductors.