Gunmen storm Buhari's Nephew's residence

Unknown gunmen stormed the Dan Amar Road residence of Mallam Mamman Daura, the influential nephew of president Muhammadu Buhari and his closest confidant about 9 a.m in Kaduna and abducted Ambassador Bagudu Hirse. 

Hirse, a former minister of State for foreign Affairs and one time Nigeria's Ambassador to Namibia, was the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party[LP] in Plateau state in 2015 general elections. According to a family source, the President's Chief of staff, Mallam Abba Kyari and the former secretary to the government of the federation[SGF], Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, were all at Daura's residence when the gunmen shot their way into the house.

The source who does not want to be named , said that the security details of the members of the president's kitchen cabinet all scurried for cover when the gunmen struck, while Daura and his guests laid down on the bare floor. The source added that Ambassador Hirse had gone to Daura's house in order to condole with him over the death of Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the 8th Sultan of Sokoto and Daura;s father-in-law, when the attackers struck.

They stormed the house and started shooting sporadically as people were offloading cartons of juice and soft drinks from Hirse's utility Jeep, while the Ambassador was standing by the car. One of the gunmen shot him in the leg and took him away.

However, another source said that Hirse was trailed to Daura's gate and that the attackers blocked him at the gate and not inside the house as the previous source claimed. Similarly, the Police public relation officer of Kaduna state command[PPRO] ASP Aliyu Usman, confirmed Hirse's kidnap, but also said it happened along Daura Dan Amar Road and not in the residence as alleged.

About 10 minutes after the attackers had fled, Daura's younger brother, who is a security officer, arrived the scene armed to the teeth, the source added that he was angry over the security lapse that gave the attackers the loophole to even shoot their way into Daura's residence.