Former Minister of Environment, husband kidnapped by gunmen

Unknown gunmen have abducted a former Minister of Environment, Laurencia Laraba Mallam, and her husband, Pius, along the Abuja-Kaduna road, Daily Post reports.

The couple were kidnapped at about 7:00pm yesterday in Jere, Kagarko local government area of Kaduna state.

The ex-minister and her 73-year-old husband were returning to Kaduna from Abuja when they ran into the hoodlums. Mallam was one of the ministers who served under the administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan.