The escalating cases of criminality in Abuja, the federal capital, have worsened with the latest attacks on Gbaupe, a rural village behind ACO Estate Lugbe, along the Abuja Airport Road, where 12 people, including a 9-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, were kidnapped. An eyewitness said the attack took place on Sunday. According to him, two of those abducted escaped as they were being arched into the bush behind the village. One of the men taken away was said to have been dragged out without a shirt or footwear. As at the time of filing this report, the kidnappers were yet to contact the families of the victims.