Bandits have kidnapped the Commissioner for Information Of Niger State, Mr Mohammed Idris.

This was confirmed by the state government on Monday in a statement through its Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel-Berje.

The commissioner is said to have been kidnapped by bandits at about 1.00 am, in the early hours of today from his home at Baban Tunga village in Tafa Local Government Area of the state.

Security agencies are however already searching for the bandits, the government’s statement added.