Three unidentified gunmen have abducted former
minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse.
The incident happened right in front residence of
President Muhammadu Buhari's powerful nephew, Alhaji Mamman Daura, on Inuwa
Wada road in Kaduna.
Hirse in the company of his friend, had gone to pay
condolence visit to the family of the late Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki on
kabiru road, few meters away from Inuwa Wada road and was said to have decided
to make a quick stopover at the house of Daura who was at home and was
receiving guests and other family members.
An eye witness said that Hirse alighted with a
friend he simply identified as Talba from his car and was exchanging
pleasantries with some guests who were standing in front of the house, when an
ash coloured Toyota Corolla car drove into the street at top speed and stopped
in front of Hirse and his friends.
He said the three armed masked young men jumped
down from the car and accosted the former minister almost immediately.
“From what I could hear, they were asking him to
get into their car but he was trying to seek further explanations from them but
at that time, people started approaching the scene so one of them raised the
gun he was holding and made to shoot but it did not fire, he tried it the
second time and it failed, but the third time, a shot rang and people ran for
dear lives.
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