Army Officer Kidnapped in Zaria

A young officer of the Nigerian Army identified as Lieutenant Falana has just been kidnapped.

He was seized in Zaria on Tuesday morning opposite Ahmadu Bello University by some suspected daredevil gunmen.

They overpowered him from his car after they overtook him while driving.

The hoodlums hurriedly put him at the back seat and drove away with the car.

The car is a tinted Toyota Corolla and white in colour.

Following the distress call all soldiers and security agents have been directed to watch out for the car along Zaria-Katsina, Zaria-Kaduna, Zaria-Jos, Zaria-Birnin Gwari and Zaria- Kaduna Express roads.

Festus Alenkhe