Gunmen Abduct Chinese Man In Kogi

Announcing the development on Wednesday, 24 September, 2014,  police authorities say they are tracking down the attackers in other to free the hostage.

“The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday when armed men stormed the official residential quarters of the Kogi State Water Corporation and abducted a Chinese national,” police spokesman Elvis Aguebor told AFP.It was gathered that the unidentified gunmen shot into the air before fleeing with the hostage, who was a consultant to a government water project.The motive behind the abduction was not immediately clear, Aguebor added.

Kidnapping for ransom is common in Nigeria, particularly in the oil-producing region where dozens of expatriates, who work and live in the area, have been kidnapped lately.