Friday, January 17, 2025 - Suspected hoodlums and herdsmen have k!lled two persons in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The corpse
of one of the victims, a motorcyclist identified as Hussain Gambo, was found
dumped in a ditch near Pegi community in Kuje on Tuesday, January 14,
2025.
A resident
of Pegi, Ishaya Bako, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust said the
deceased was declared missing on Sunday.
He said
the deceased was stabbed to d3ath and his motorcycle taken away by suspected
hoodlums who boarded his bike from Tukpechi village to convey them to Pegi.
Bako said
some members of the vigilantes on patrol discovered the corpse and alerted some
Okada riders in Kuje tipper garage, who mobilised to the scene and identified
the corpse.
A member
of the vigilante, Yakubu Gambo, confirmed the incident, saying the deceased
lost his bike after some hoodlums stabbed him to death dumped his corpse in a
ditch and escaped with his bike.
“It was
some of the Okada men who came and identified his corpse and told our members
that the deceased picked two passengers from Tukpechi village to Pegi on
Sunday, after which he was not seen again until when his corpse was found on
Tuesday,” he said.
He said
the corpse had been handed to relatives at Sauka village along Airport road for
burial.
Similarly,
gunmen suspected to be herders have k1lled one Nanlir Wazhi Bala in Kuje.
The
deceased hailed from Timshat Langtang in Plateau State.
Details of
the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report.
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