A pregnant woman has been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Tuesday evening at Rigachikun, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis.

A source from the area told The Nation the woman and her husband were kidnapped and taken away from their residence.

The source said the wife was killed by the suspected kidnapers when security operatives engaged them in gun battle in an attempt to rescue the victims.

“Kidnappers stormed the house of the victims and went away with them, then security operatives chased them and in the process of fire exchange kidnappers shot the woman and she later died in the hospital.

“The women was pregnant and about to give birth before the ugly incident. She has already been buried according to Islamic rites”, the source told TheNation.