Some
gunmen have abducted a female customs official, Mrs. Comfort Alaba, after
attacking a house in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State.
The
assailants reportedly whisked away 50-year-old Comfort around 8pm on Tuesday
while she was visiting her children on 22 Road, FESTAC Town.
It was learnt that the men
ordered the children not to shout, threatening to shoot them dead if they did,
as they made away with their mother in her black Murano Jeep.
The
case was said to have been reported at the FESTAC Police Division.
It
was gathered that Comfort recently separated from her husband and had left her
home on 11 Road, A Close, for her husband’s place, to visit her children when
the incident happened.
Her
daughter, Faith, who spoke on the matter, said the assailants were unmasked.
She
said, “My mum came to visit us. We were in her Jeep, playing with her. She had
spent about 20 minutes with us and was preparing to leave.
“As
I hugged her goodbye, and my sister stepped out of her vehicle, two guys walked
up to her and took control of the car. As I was about to shout, one of
them put a gun to my abdomen and said if I shouted he would kill me.
“I
suddenly heard a gunshot, and before I knew it, they had zoomed off with her.
They wore black clothes. They didn’t say anything to us except when they
threatened me. They were two in number.”
Efforts
made to speak with the victim’s husband, but the daughter said he was
unavailable as he had gone to the police headquarters over the matter
Faith
appealed to the kidnappers to release her mother, saying she had not recovered
from the shock of the attack.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident,
adding that investigations were ongoing.
Source:Punch
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