The Chairman board of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Muhammed Mahmood has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway.
He was said to have been abducted alongside his daughter on his trip from Kaduna to Abuja on Monday afternoon.
His driver we, gathered, was shot dead during the abduction which took place around Katari, a village few kilometres from Zuba, an Abuja suburb.
In a video clip obtained by Daily Independent of the scene of the incident the driver was seen in his pool of blood in a Land Cruiser jeep.
A source close to the family said that the kidnappers have not established contact with the family.