Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an Abuja-based officer of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja.
The officer, Musa Lawal, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3, was abducted in Kogi state on Monday evening.
It was gathered that some armed men invaded his residence located behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja on Monday night and whisked him away.
Before the unfortunate incident, the naval staff was to depart for his station on Tuesday morning.
According to the wife of the kidnapped naval officer, Mrs Juliana Musa, the kidnappers reached out to the family an hour after her husband was kidnap, demanding N3 million as ransom but later reduced to N1 million.
The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Ayah, who confirmed the incident said the police in collaboration with the navy are presently putting efforts to rescue the officer.
