A 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).
This was hours after President Bola Tinubu had declared national emergency on security.
Gidan-Bijimi shares boundary with Marke village near the Kaduna State border.
Reports said a resident of Kawu, Suleiman Shuaibu, confirmed the incident on Thursday morning.
He said the armed bandits, carrying AK-47 rifles, invaded two houses in the community around 9:47pm, 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 by the bandits’ superior firepower.
Shuaibu also revealed that the abducted girls are aged between 17 and 23 years.
“It was around 9:53pm 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, adding that there has not been any contact with the abductors.