Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Niger State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mallam Idris Mohammed.
It was learnt that the Commissioner was abducted on Sunday night by heavily armed men who invaded his residence at Baban Tunga, Tafa local government area of the State.
The bandits said to be numbering about 20, stormed the residence of the Commissioner at about 11: 00am under a heavily downpour and shot sporadically into the air before abducting their victim in front of his second wife.
As at the time of filing this report, police is yet to react to the development.
More to follow….