By Williams Anuku, Abuja
Some persons in Pegi Community in Kuje, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday, were hit by bullets when suspected kidnappers attacked them on their way home from work on Friday.
According to Chairman, Pegi Community Development Association, PECDA, Isaac Aderibigbe, four persons including a lady were those hit by bullets.
An eye witness account noted that the kidnappers tried stopping some of the cars driving through the axis but they couldn’t.
Aderibigbe said one Edwin Obiekwe, sustained gunshot wounds but escaped from the kidnappers, while Shittu Adebayo and another simply identified as Kola narrowly escaped being killed.
Shittu, while narrating his experience to Elendu Reports, said he was on his way back from work in his car, when he heard gunshots around the road leading to Pegi, shortly before 9 pm.
He said he noticed gunshots on his tyre, but he didn’t stop, rather he increased the speed of his car but that it didn’t deter the kidnappers from shooting sporadically.
According to him, at a stage, he lost control of his car and had to stop and come down from the car and started running into the bush towards Pegi gate.
Shittu said funny enough as he was running, the kidnappers were chasing him and shooting at the same time.
“I had to put off my phone and removed the white clothes I wore because the clothes and the light on my phone was giving me away to the kidnappers, when they noticed that I had gotten to Pegi gate, they turned back and left my trail.
“I have moved out of my house because I am still shaky and scared after the encounter”.
Another survivor, Kola, who was shot while running for his life, was said to be on his way home when a car suddenly overtook him and stopped a few meters ahead of him.
According to the account, he was contemplating what to do, when he saw a young man coming towards him with a gun, so he reversed his car and started going back, then he noticed that he was in an ambush on both sides.
The eyewitness account also stated that the kidnappers started shooting through which he sustained gunshot injury, likewise all the three passengers that were in his car.