Gunmen in northern Nigeria have kidnapped six foreign workers - including one Briton
The group attacked a camp for a construction company, killing a guard
and kidnapping workers from Britain, Greece, Italy and Lebanon, the
authorities have said.
It is the biggest kidnapping yet in a region under attack by Islamic extremists.
Officials originally said that four Lebanese had been taken but this
was later corrected. The Italian foreign ministry has confirmed that one
of its citizens...
is being held.
is being held.
Setraco Nigeria, a construction and civil engineering company, is a subsidiary of Setraco International Holding group.
The Nigerian company, which was established in 1977, is currently
working on expanding a major road in the north of the country.
There was a similar attack on Saturday by gunmen on a police station in
Kafin Madaki town, about 40 kilometres from Bauchi city, triggering a
shootout.
When our security personnels are not safe themselves, what be of the masses?
When our security personnels are not safe themselves, what be of the masses?