Armed men suspected to be bandits on Saturday kidnapped two journalists and their families in  Danhonu community in   Chikun LGA, of Kaduna State.


Dailyledger.com.ng reports that the bandits in  large numbers Saturday night, stormed Danhonu community in the Millennium Estate in  Chikun LGA, the journalists, their families and several other people.


The journalists, Messrs AbdulGafar Alabelewe and AbdulRaheem Audu reports respectively for The Nation and Blueprint newspapers


Alabelewe, the chairman of  Correspondents Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council.   and 3 of his family members were abducted by the bandits 


A family member of Audu,  Taofeeq Olayemi  proffered that: “Initially, they picked Alhaji Abdulgafar, his wife and three of his children and a girl staying with them before asking the girl to return back with one of the children, leaving with Abdulgafar, his wife and two children.


“They shattered their doors, windows and removed their burglary after scaling the fence,” he narrated.


Olayemi, who lives close by added: “they came around 10:30pm on Saturday night and started shooting sporadically. They first forced Audu’s door open and picked him and his wife and left their sick daughter behind.


“Then, they entered Abdulgafar’s house through the fence and jumped into his house. They went straight into his bedroom and picked him, his wife and two of their kids and left immediately, after which the vigilantes arrived and started shooting into the air.”