Gunmen have kidnapped an officer with the Naval Headquarters, Abuja, in Lokoja, Kogi State.
The officer has been identified as Musa Lawal, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3.
He was seized on Monday from his residence behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja at about 8:00pm, it was learned.
The assailants took him away after destroying his doors and windows.
Witnesses said the officer was scheduled to depart for his station this morning before the tragedy happened.
The kidnappers called his wife, demanding N3 million hours after the incident.
The wife of the kidnapped naval staff, Juliana Ida Musa, said one of her husband’s hands was bleeding when he was being taken away.
Spokesperson of the Kogi police command, SP Williams Ayah, said the command is yet to be informed of the incident.
