Nigeria, March 12 -- The village head of Dnako in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, HRH Etsu Yuda Garba, has been kidnapped along with his two grandchildren and five other residents.

A local resident, Mr. Tanko Baba, confirmed the incident on Tuesday, stating that the kidnappers stormed the community around midnight. He identified the abducted grandchildren as Ephraim and Philemon.

According to Baba, the armed kidnappers, carrying AK-47 rifles, first raided four houses, taking five people before heading to the village head's residence. Some of the attackers, dressed in military uniforms, broke into the house, seized the traditional ruler, and took his sleeping grandchildren while firing gunshots.

One of the victims, Nicholas, had just returne...