Good-spirited motorists on Tuesday foiled a kidnap attempt on a resident around the Magicland Park before the city gate, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
According to witnesses, the kidnap attempt was perpetrated by two Fulani young men around 7am on Tuesday morning.
The unidentified victim was said to have stepped out from his car to urinate when the suspected kidnappers attacked him.
Fortunately for him, his wife, who was in the same vehicle saw the suspects whisking her husband away and raised an alarm.
An eyewitness, Christopher Orafa, who spoke to newsmen after the rescue said he was alerted by the woman’s alarm.
He said, “Yesterday (Tuesday) around 7.25am, I was going home when I saw a black car parked by the roadside. I heard a woman shouting for help. I parked and asked what was happening. She said two Fulani boys took her husband away. She said her husband came down from the vehicle to pee when he was suddenly attacked by the kidnappers.
“Before I knew it, other people parked and joined us. We went into the bush and ran after them; when they saw we were about to catch up with them, one of them brought out a dagger and cut the man. They left him behind to enable them to run faster inside the bush.
“At that point, we left them and brought him back to the roadside. We were satisfied that we rescued him. Another person took him to a hospital.”
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