Nigerian former minister abducted in Kaduna by unknown gunmen

A former minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse has been abducted in Kaduna.

According to Daily Trust, Hirse was whisked away by three unidentified gunmen in front of the residence of Alhaji Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, on Inuwa Wada road in Kaduna.

The newspaper said, Hirse with a friend , simply identified as Talba had gone to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki on Kabiru road, and decided to make a quick stopover at the house of Daura, who was at home and was receiving guests when the incident happened.