Gunmen broke into a hospital in Yola, Adamawa State capital, on Monday evening, and abducted the owner, Dr Saidu Bala.
Dr Bala is the immediate past Medical Director of Specialist Hospital, Yola.
According to report, his abductors invaded his hospital after 6pm, firing gun into the air and causing panic among the hospital workers and residents of the area.
They succeeded in abducting Dr Bala and went away with their victim.
Adamawa State Police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident adding that men of the force are on a mission to secure the release of the victim.