Top Northern Politician Kidnapped

Top Northern politician has been kidnapped.

Newsone reports that unknown gunmen have kidnapped Niger State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mohammed Idris.

This online news platform understands that the top northern politician was kidnapped by gunmen at Baban Tunga village of Tarfa Local Government Area of Niger state, northern Nigeria, on Sunday, August 8.

The abduction of top northern politician was disclosed by the Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Matane, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, August 9, 2021.

Newsone reports that the Secretary to the State Government said that the gunmen who came on about fifteen motorcycles with sophisticated weapons kidnapped the commissioner at about 11 p.m. during a downpour in the area.

The Secretary to the State Government Matane stressed that the kidnappers of the top northern politician had yet to make contact.

Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident to NAN and promised to provide more details later.

Mary Noel-Berje, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor of the state, also confirmed the development in a statement on Monday.

“The commissioner was said to have been kidnaped 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 how ever already trailing the bandits with a view to apprehending them,” the official said.