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Niger State Government has confirmed the kidnap of the Commissioner for Information,Mohammed Sani Idris.
The Commissioner was said to have been kidnapped by bandits at about one o’clock in the early hours of today from his home at Baban Tunga village in Tafa local government of the State.
Security agencies are, however, already trailing the bandits with a view to apprehending them.
Confirming the development, Secretary to the Government of Niger state, SSG,Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane confirmed that he was kidnapped around 1 am at his hometown, Baban Tunga in Tafa local government area of the state.
He said the security is already on his trail and hope they would be able to trace and rescue him unhurt adding that the abductors have not reached out to anyone.
“He was kidnapped at the early hours of today around 1 am at Baban Tunga in Tafa local government. Security is already on the trail of the kidnappers, we hope they would discover him soon and rescue him unharmed,” he said.
Family sources said the gunmen said to be numbering about 20, stormed the residence of the Commissioner at about 1.00 am under a heavy downpour and shot into the air before abducting their victim in front of his second wife.
The commissioner has whisked away under the heavy rain, and abductors are yet to make any contact with the family as at the time of filing this report.
The state Police Command is yet to make any statement to that effect.