The immediate past minister of Environment in former president Goodluck Jonathan's administration has been kidnapped alongside her husband in Kaduna State.
Immediate past minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Laraba Mallam
Unknown armed men have kidnapped the immediate past minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Laraba Mallam and her 73-years-old husband, Mr Pius in Jere, area of Kagarko local government in Kaduna State.
Leadership reports that the duo were kidnapped on Monday night on their way to Kaduna from Abuja. The kidnappers, according to the source are demanding 10 million ransom to release them.
The driver of the former minister was also shot on his left hand by the gunmen.