A Bangladeshi national, AKM Sufiul Anam is among the five United Nations (UN) staff who have been abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission.
Anam, a Field Security Coordination Officer (Head) of United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in Aden was abducted on Friday.
He is a retired lieutenant colonel from Bangladesh Army, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.
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He served the Bangladesh Army from 1977 to 2005, and has been working with the UN since then. Anam's family members are extremely concerned and want him to return home safely.
On Friday, five UN staff were abducted at the Abyan governorate of southern Yemen, reports Reuters, quoting Russell Geekie, a top UN official.
"The United Nations is in close contact with the authorities to secure their release," said Geekie.
Another official at the UN office in Aden told Reuters that four of those seized were Yemeni nationals.
