An Air Force officer, Hassan Abdullahi Umar, has been declared missing in Abuja. Twitter user @Ex_communicado, who knows the officer said he has been missing since Saturday June 2nd.

He wrote: This is (Dr.) Hassan Abdullah Umar, a Flying officer with Nigerian Air Force who's been missing since Saturday, presumed to have been kidnapped by unknown assailants in Abuja, please contact the police if you saw or heard anything. May Allaah return him safely''.