The Guardian gathered that the incident which occurred late Sunday night at Ajasa community, also saw several homes ransacked by the hoodlums.
A resident of the community who pleaded anonymity, said the gunmen stormed the community in their numbers, shooting sporadically to announce their presence.
He said though the hoodlums didn’t kill anyone, they however abducted the people and moved them into the forest.
According to him, the gunmen operated without resistance as security operatives didn’t come to the area till hours after the hoodlums had left the community.
He lamented that the cold weather caused by harmattan winds would adversely affect the victims in the forest as some of them were little children and babies.
The source, however, said that the gunmen were yet to contact the community on the abducted persons, as such was their mode of operation in th3 past.
He called on the government to boost security presence in the area, as communities within the axis had been victims of such attacks in recent times.
He cited an example of an attack four days ago on a village neighbouring Ajasa, where an attack by gunmen left one person dead while another victim sustained injuries.
The source also lamented that the attack occurred at broad daylight when some farmers were reaping harvests from their farmland.
When contacted, spokesperson for the state’s Police Command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu said he would make inquiries on the matter and revert with details.
However, Aliyu was yet to revert at press time.
