According to reports, three family members were abducted on Monday at the Greenland neighborhood behind the 500 Housing Estate in Ganaja, Kogi State’s Ajaokuta Local Government Area.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened on Monday about 9 p.m. as locals scurried for shelter.

Eyewitness sources claim that the assailants arrived on a Siena bus and began shooting randomly with the intention of snatching their intended victim, a retired security guard.

The event was reported to our correspondent on Wednesday by Paul Atabor, the Chairman of the Greenland village in Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Kogi State.

Atabor clarified that the Department of State Services (DSS) and the C Division of the Nigerian Police Force have both received reports of the occurrence.

The Chairman also suggested that the community had gotten a message on Wednesday morning that the people suspected of abduction were returning to take more hostages.

“Greenland community, get ready for us, we are coming to get someone,” the letter’s opening line reads, according to our reporter.

The kidnappers have contacted the family members and are asking for a ransom to release their victims, according to one of the victim’s relatives who asked that his name not be used because he was not authorized to talk.

When contacted, Kogi State’s police public relations officer, SP William Ovye Aya, stated that the incident’s headquarters had not yet been informed.

He made a commitment to get in touch with our correspondent once the command had further details regarding the occurrence from the Divisional Police Officer of C Division.