Bandits have kidnapped the former Director of Personnel Management (DPM) in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi Malami.
The bandits also abducted a veterinary doctor with the Department of Veterinary Medicine in same LG, Musa Mohammed.
According to Daily Trust report, the former DPM was kidnapped on Friday on his farm along Kontagora-Mariga Road alongside some labourers working with him while the veterinary doctor was reportedly abducted on Thursday morning while returning to Kontagora from surrounding villages where he had gone to vaccinate animals.
The bandits later called to inform the family that they were at a location in Katsina State and demanded N15 million ransom.
