Terrorists abduct several women and children in Abuja

Monday, March, 9 2026 - Families of victims abducted during a recent kidnapping attack in Kubwa area of Abuja have cried out to authorities for urgent intervention.

Armed men stormed homes in the area last week, looted properties and whisked away women and children.

Among the victims is a nursing mother who gave birth less than 40 days earlier, leaving her newborn baby separated from her while in captivity.

Her husband, Yohanna Ciroma, said in an interview with PSN, that the family has been thrown into distress since the incident.

According to him, the infant is currently being cared for by his sister. 

"My wife, who is a nursing mother, was also among the kidnapped victims,” Ciroma said while recounting the incident. 

“Right now, our newborn baby is with my sister, who is taking care of him and feeding him until we can rescue his mother.”

He explained that the discovery of the abduction came after a colleague he had asked to check on his family raised the alarm.

"One of my colleagues, I told him to come and check my house. When he got there, he said he had been calling my wife but she wasn’t answering. They had broken one of the windows,” he said.

“So I rushed back and realised she was not around. We ran into the bush searching everywhere. It is not up to 40 days since she gave birth.”

Ciroma lamented the emotional toll of the incident, noting that the baby now depends entirely on relatives.

“Even the baby now is with my sister who is taking care of the baby. She is buying milk and giving it to the baby,” he added.

Another family also suffered a devastating loss as four children were abducted during the raid.

Their mother, Gloria Anotu, pleaded with the government to rescue her children, saying they were taken without even having time to dress.

“What I want the government to do is to help me get my children. My children are the only problem I have now,” she cried.

"They didn’t wear any clothes according to people who saw the way they were pushing them. My last girl, six years old, was very sick.”

Anotu also described how the attackers ransacked her home and looted belongings.

“They broke into my house, entered inside my room and turned everything upside down,” she said. 

“There’s nothing they didn’t touch. They went to my store room and packed rice, oil and everything. They packed all my clothes and all my husband’s clothes from the wardrobe.”

The father of the abducted children, Tony Anotu, said the trauma facing the victims, especially the children, is unbearable.

“What we need now is help. We are Nigerians but we are living as slaves in our own land,” he said.

“The trauma those children are facing pains me. Their daddy is not there, their mummy is not there, and they are now in the hands of strangers with dangerous weapons.”

He appealed directly to Nigerian leaders, including Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leadership of the National Assembly and security agencies to act swiftly.

“You are there to protect the citizens of Nigeria. We are crying and asking for help,” he said.