Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a member of staff of one of the nation’s anti-corruption agencies in Kaduna State.

The victim, an investigator working with the Kaduna zonal office of the agency was said to have been abducted alongside six others by gunmen in military uniform on Friday night at Danbushiya village in Kaduna North Local Government Area.

A spokesperson for the Kaduna State Police Command, Mr Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday.

He explained that on Aug. 23 at about 2300hrs, DPO Malali reported that he received a distress call that, Armed men in military uniform  blocked access road to Baba Tunde Fashola Housing Estate, Danbushiya Village, at the outskirt of Kaduna and intercepted a Honda Accord Reg. No. LND 753 AL and five other vehicles and kidnapped seven persons.

Sabo added that police patrol teams within the metropolis led By the Divisional Police Officer were quickly mobilised to the scene of the incident,  but the hoodlums had already escaped with the victims.

He said two of the kidnap victims were later released by the hoodlums following intense patrols within the general area.

The command’s spokesman, however, did not say if the abducted staff of the anti-graft agency was among the two victims that regained freedom.

According to him, the sum of $10,000 and N647,300 was recovered in one of the vehicles that were abandoned by the suspected kidnappers.

Meanwhile, Sabo said a combined team of operatives from the Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit and local vigilantes have been dispatched to the scene for a search operation, with a view to arresting the perpetrators and rescue the remaining five victims.

“However, due to pressurised patrols within the general area, two of the victims were later found being released by the hoodlums.

“The two released victims alongside the vehicles were recovered to the Police station,” the spokesman said.