A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officer, ACM Shuaibu Umar Bashir has been abducted by terrorists.
Reports say the officer was kidnapped along Birnin Gwari Road in Niger State while returning to his station to resume duty.
Bashir’s relatives confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters and said that the terrorists have demanded N10 million as ransom.
They also gave the family a three-day deadline to make payment.
A family source told the platform that ACM Bashir was returning to his station to resume duty when the terrorists kidnaped him.
This platform learned that the NAF officer was reportedly kidnapped on Sunday, but the NAF authorities are yet to make any official statement concerning the incident.
A family source disclosed that “The NAF authorities and the military have refused to engage with his family. He was going back to his station to resume his duty. He had been mobilised to Niger State. But he was kidnapped along Birnin Gwari Road in Niger State.”
Another source also noted that “He was kidnapped on Sunday, and the military appears not to be acting enough to get him out.”