Outrage as No fewer than 20 armed bandits stormed the Pipeline Extension area in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, dispossessing residents of their belongings.

It was learnt that the bandits who operated for more than one hour stormed the area around 2am on Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses, who narrated the incident, said the armed hoodlums came with different dangerous weapons and injured the community local vigilantes, after which they robbed the area house-to-house.

The hoodlums also reportedly attacked and took away priced valuables such as phones, electronics and other gadgets.

One of the victims who spoke with Homepage said that the robbers threatened to kill his eight-year-old son if he did not give them money.

Another victim told news men that the police were asking them whether the robbers brought guns or they were ordinary street robbers, when the case was reported at the station.

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