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British Businessman Kidnapped In VI, Lagos by eaglechild: 5:27am On Mar 27, 2013 |
British businessman has been abducted from an upmarket district of Lagos, in a rare case of an expatriate being taken hostage in Nigeria's main commercial city. Kidnapping of expatriates by armed gangs seeking ransom money has been rife over the years in Nigeria's oil producing southeast, but in Lagos victims have usually been locals. Police spokesman Frank Mba said reports indicated the man, who has not been named, was abducted at about 11pm on Saturday night while on his way home from a nightclub in the high-end residential and business neighbourhood of Victoria Island. "I think they trailed him back to his house and picked him up," he said. "We are doing everything operationally possible to solve this crime." A spokesman for the British High Commission confirmed an expatriate worker had been kidnapped, but declined to give his nationality or any further details. The spokesman said "there is no indication of terrorist involvement at this stage." An unnamed security source told Reuters that he was an oil worker. Nigeria is one of the worst countries in the world for kidnappings, a lucrative criminal enterprise worth millions of dollars a year. Abductions are most rife in the oil states, but sometimes happen in Lagos and the southwest too. "Lagos has never had a reputation for kidnapping and we want that to remain as it is," said Mr Mba. The kidnapping comes a week after men claiming to be members of radical Boko Haram Islamic group said they would not free a French family unless Nigeria and Cameroon freed all of their members from prison. In the north, kidnappings of foreigners for ideological motives by Islamist groups have taken a more deadly turn. Militant group Ansaru killed seven foreign hostages this month. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/9956136/British-businessman-kidnapped-in-Nigeria.html |
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