Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse, was yesterday afternoon kidnapped in Kaduna city.
Spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Aliyu Usman, who confirmed his kidnap, said the command has launched a manhunt for the abductors.
The Nation gathered that Hirse was snatched in front of Alhaji Mamman Daura’s residence on Inuwa Wada road.
According to sources, the former minister was on a condolence visit to the family of the late 18th Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki, a street next to Inuwa Wada road, and he decided to pay homepage to Mamman Daura.
“From what I could hear, they told him to get into their car but he was trying to seek further explanations from them and as soon as people started approaching the scene, one of them fired into the air.
“That was when they forced him into the car but removed his ‘babariga’ and cap, threw it on the floor and drove away,” he stated.
A local security man told reporters that when the kidnappers shot, people ran away and so could not make out what they told the former minister.
“After the gunmen drove away, Daura was informed about the incident and more security agents were deployed in the house before he departed for Abuja.”
Meanwhile, no demand was said to have been made last night but Usman promised that the kidnappers will be nabbed.
