Unknown gunmen on Saturday kidnapped chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria, local police said.

State police spokesperson Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed this to Xinhua in Yola, the state capital, said Hamman-Jolde Gatugel, was kidnapped in his hometown of Mayo-Belwa.

The police have intensified the search to rescue the victim, he added.

There was no form of communication yet from the abductors, the police spokesperson said.

Nigeria is facing a worsening security situation, mainly in northern regions.