Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Hope Eghagha was today kidnapped on his way to the Asaba the state capital from Warri.

His police orderly was reportedly shot dead before the kidnapers made away with him.

Eghagha was lecturer at the University of Lagos before Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan named him a commissioner two years ago.

It is not known if his kidnapers have made contact with either the family or government officials.