No fewer than seven persons, including a nursing mother and her three-week-old baby, have been abducted by suspected kidnappers at Hayin Danmani Community in Igabi Local Government Area, Kaduna State.

The incident reportedly happened on Tuesday night.

Reports say the kidnappers revisited the community on Wednesday night as according to a source: “we heard gunshots yesterday (Wednesday) night and it is possible that they (kidnappers) revisited.”

Meanwhile, it was also gathered that the kidnappers contacted the family of one of the victims and demanded a ransom of N10m.

The Punch Newspaper, quoting an anonymous source, told our correspondent that when the gunmen invaded the community, they shot sporadically and went from house-to-house to pick their victims.

One of the community leaders who crave for anonymity said fear had gripped the entire community following the abduction.

According to him, members of the community are now confused and living in fears

He said while the kidnappers picked the nursing mother and her 3-week-old baby, the husband managed to escape.

He added that the kidnappers made away with six other people who were mostly peasants.

He said,

“The incident actually took place on Tuesday night but the community discovered about the abduction yesterday (Wednesday) morning.

“We learnt that they made away with a nursing mother with her 3 weeks old baby.

“You know that Mahuta, Mando, Rigasa, Danmani Communities share common boundaries with Dogon Daji which lead to Birnin Gwari where a military operation is ongoing. It is possible that the military operation is becoming unbearable for the bandits. So, they are being pushed into the communities mentioned.”

As of the time of filing this report, the State Command of the Police had yet to confirm the incident as the spokesman of the command, DSP Yakubu Sabo didn’t respond to our correspondent’s telephone call.