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Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
Bandits have kidnapped at gun point 11 persons from Rachael Orphanage Home in the Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT.
Reports revealed that the bandits that struck at the orphanage adjacent UBE Junior Secondary School in Naharati area of the Council, abducted seven orphans and four workers of the orphanage.
The abducted orphans were Jacob Ukpas, Melody Ijeh, Bernard Itim, Isaac Matthew, Elizabeth Andrew, Dayo Udeh and Laruba Emmanuel.
Also abducted were three orphanage workers: Rukayyat Salihu, Suwaiba Momoh, Momoh Jimoh and the security guard, Joseph Matthew.
The gang, said to be heavily armed, carried the stealth raid on the orphanage dormitory after forcing the gate open.
Our reporter reliably gathered that the abductors of the orphans were demanding N10 million for the seven orphans including the security guard of the home
Daily Trust learnt that the kidnappers had also aksed for N10 million for each of the couple, Momoh Jimoh and his wife, Khadijat Jimoh who were abducted alongside another housewife, Rukaiyyat Salihu.
A source at the orphanage home, who preferred anonymity, told our reporter on Monday that the Kidnappers made a phone call on Sunday and Monday, in which they demanded N10 million for the seven orphans and the security guard before they could be set free.