Why was it Abagus who prophesied about Paul’s arrest in Acts 21:11?

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We are told that Paul stayed with Philip the evangelist who had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

Acts 21:8-9 NLT

Then we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the Evangelist, one of the seven men who had been chosen to distribute food.9 He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.

Yet it had to take Abagus to prophesy to Paul about his impending arrest

Acts 21:10 NLT

During our stay of several days, a man named Agabus, who also had the gift of prophecy, arrived from Judea.11 When he visited us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, "The Holy Spirit declares, ‘So shall the owner of this belt be bound by the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem and turned over to the Romans.’"

Why was it Abagus who prophesied about Paul’s impending arrest not the daughters of Philip?