Ex- Minister kidnapped in Kaduna

Former minister of Foreign affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen yesterday.

Dailyly Trust reports that he was kidnapped  in front of Alhaji Mamman Daura's residence,President Buhari’s powerful nephew in Unguwar Rimi GRA, in Kaduna.

The Paper reports that Mr.Hirse had gone to pay condolence visit to the family of the late Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasu, and he decided to make a stop at Mamman Daura’s house who is married to Late Dasiki’s daughter to pay his condolence.

A witness told Daily Trust correspondent that Mr. Hirse  get-off from his car with a friend and was exchanging pleasantries with some guests in front of the house, when three armed young men, wearing mask abducted him

“From what I could hear, they were asking him to get into their car but he was trying to seek further explanations from them. But at that time, people started approaching the scene, so one of them raised the gun he was holding and made to shoot but it did not fire, he tried it the second time and it failed, but the third time, shots rang and people ran for dear lives.

“That was when they forced him into the car, removed his babbariga and cap and threw them on the ground. The other masked man then kicked his other friend on the shin and that was how they drove away,” he stated.      Source-Daily Trust.