Gunmen have kidnapped Isah Salami, a board member of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, in Kogi State.
Salami was kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday on his way to the mosque in Ogaminana, the Adavi local government area of the state, reports said.
An unidentified person was also reportedly killed in the process of the kidnapping.
The kidnapping was confirmed by the Kogi State Police Command spokesman, SP William Aya, who also said one person was killed in the process.
Sources said the kidnappers came with a vehicle parked along the victim’s residence and zoomed off with him around 5:00am.
SP Aya said the state Commissioner of Police had drafted security men for rescue operation of Salami.