Unknown gunmen abduct former minister of labour and productivity

Hussaini Akwanga, a former minister of labour and productivity has been kidnapped at his farm on Wamba road in Akwanga area, the Nasarawa state police command has confirmed.

The former minister served during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo but was removed on December 4, 2003.

According to Kennedy Idirisu, spokesman of the Nasarawa state police command, Akwanga was whisked away by the gunmen who accosted him at his farm.

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“As we speak, the commissioner himself has gone to Akwanga to boost the rescue operation to ensure that the victim is released unhurt,” the police spokesman said.

Idirisu also added that the police command has stepped up efforts to rid the state of kidnappers and other criminal elements even as a family source of the minister said that the kidnappers had contacted them, demanding an unspecified amount as ransom for his release.

 

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