Gunmen Abduct Two Ladies from their Home in Abuja

Gunmen yesterday at about 5 p.m. stormed the house of Engr Samson Opaluwa, a Director in the Federal Ministry of Works, and abducted two of his daughters, Ejura Opaluwa and Unekwu Opaluwa.

An uncle of the abducted girls, Mr Atayi Opaluwa, who spoke to Metropole this morning, said five gunmen came in a Blue Honda with registration number HR152ABC and carried out a robbery attack on the family in their house at Associated Estate, No. 55, Impresit Camp, Karmo, Abuja. He said the gunmen were dissatisfied with the amount of money found in the house and on their way out picked the two ladies, demanding a N200 million ransom for their release.

The uncle further stated that the abductors called the family of the girls this morning and reduced the ransom to N150 million.

The incident, he said, has been reported to the police station at Life Camp.

He said Ejura is a medical student in the United States while her sister, Unekwu, is a student at Covenant University.

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