CITIZENS COMPASS— Suspected bandits have reportedly written a threat letter to Kungaboku and Paze communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja where residents have fled their homes in droves.
The threat letter was reportedly found in a pupil’s notebook at a private school in Paze.
However, the Byazhin Divisional Police Officer was said to have convened a meeting over the threat letter which stated that the suspected bandits were planning to launch a coordinated attack following the killing of their leader.
A teacher from the private school purportedly raised the alarm when she discovered the threat letter from the pupil’s bag while marking homework.
After raising the alarm, the pupil, parents, teacher and school authorities were picked up, interrogated, profiled and later released by the police.
Meanwhile, news of the threat spread rapidly, with residents sharing the information across various community groups and social media platforms.
To worsen matters, a day before the letter surfaced, suspected bandits attacked a Fulani settlement in Kungaboku, kidnapped three women and demanded a N70 million ransom.
Kungaboku and Paze, near Byazhin, an extension of Kubwa in Bwari Area Council, have witnessed several violent attacks recently.
In October 2025, Ifeanyi Ogbu, a veterinary doctor, was killed in Kungaboku, a farming community hosting hundreds of livestock, poultry and fish farmers.
Mr Ogbu, former chairman of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), FCT Chapter, was abducted with his three children and later shot in an open field, while the children were taken away.
On March 5, suspected bandits also attacked Kungaboku and abducted a retired military officer, Bankole Ganiyu, and three children.
Mr Ganiyu’s wife, a police officer, and two other children who were in the house during the attack managed to escape unharmed.
During operations that same day, the bandits attacked a farm settlement, killed a vigilante on duty and abducted three workers, while six others escaped.
At Paze, residents said the attacks were recurring, with armed groups raiding nearby settlements and moving from house to house abducting residents.
No fewer than 12 people have been kidnapped by gunmen in the past two weeks, including women and children.
Among those kidnapped were four children of a pastor and the wife of a vigilante leader and her sister, while in another incident a baby was left behind.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kungaboku and Paze, near Byazhin, an extension of Kubwa in Bwari Area Council, have witnessed several violent attacks recently.
Recall that on March 7, 2026, troops of the 7 Guards Battalion, Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army, alongside police and vigilantes, rescued 19 kidnapped victims.
The victims, mostly residents of Paze and Kungaboku, regained their freedom during a coordinated search-and-rescue operation conducted around Gidan Dogo in Bwari Area Council.
During the operation, troops reportedly killed a bandit, while others fled the scene with suspected gunshot wounds.
Further exploitation of the area led to the recovery of one AK-47 rifle and one locally fabricated firearm.
—News Agency of Nigeria
