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Some gunmen have attacked Kawu community in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and kidnapped an undisclosed number of residents, SaharaReporters has learnt. It was learnt that the incident happened in the early hours of Thursday. The gunmen were said to have stormed the palace of the district head, Alhaji Abdurrahman Danjuma Ali in large numbers and abducted his son and several others.
Two siblings of the Chairman of the Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, John Gabaya, were among the scores of residents kidnapped when terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, invaded some communities in the council, SaharaReporters has learnt. The bandits have reached across to some of the affected families, demanding millions of naira as ransom.
Mr John Gabaya, the Chairman of the Bwari Area Council of the FCT, on Wednesday presented a budget of N22 billion for 2024 to the council’s legislature for approval.Speaking at the ceremony, Gabaya said that the budget was made up of N14. 9billion capital expenditure and N7.1 billion recurrent expenditure.He gave the sectorial allocations of