There is palpable tension in Gidan Kwano, the host community to the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna following the abduction of two persons on Wednesday night.

While students and other residents of the community are claiming they were attacked by bandits, the Niger Police Command said that the attack was carried out by hoodlums.

The incident occured at about 11.30 pm when the gunmen attacked a shop at Gidan-Kwano opposite FUT Gate and abducted two children of the shop owner.

Niger Police spokesman DSP Wasiu Abiodun confirmed the incident, saying that one of the suspects have been arrested while the police are on the trail on the others.