A Nigerian Arny Colonel, Samaila Musa, has been kidnapped in the northern state of Kaduna, a report said.
Online newspaper, Sahararrporters.com, said Colonel Musa was kidnapped by heavily armed men close to Kaduna Refinery while his wife and children watched helplessly as the kidnappers went away with the officer.
The kidnappers are said to have taken the Abuja-Kaduna expressway heading for a thick forest, the newspaper said.
SimonAtebaNews will update as the situation gets clearer.