A British national has been kidnapped shortly after landing at Lagos International Airport in Nigeria, the British High Commission has revealed.

Gunmen targeted a four-wheel drive car at around 8.30pm on Tuesday after it left the airport's international terminal, seizing the British man who was returning to a residential area of Lagos, according to security sources.

The Nigerian driver of the vehicle was shot but survived.

In a statement, the British High Commission (BHM) said: "The BHM is working closely with others to secure the release of the hostage.

"Because of the nature of this incident, the BHM is not going into further detail about it."

Major companies with British connections operating in Nigeria include oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, British Airways, Unilever and PricewaterhouseCoopers. There was no indication of where the kidnapped man was employed.

Kidnapping of expatriates and Nigerians by armed gangs seeking ransom has been rife in Nigeria's oil producing southeast, but is rarer in Lagos were most foreigners live.

Four Chinese nationals and the three-year-old son of a state legislator have previously been reported kidnapped this month.

Risk analysts Drum Cussac have reported a "noticeable upsurge" in the number of kidnappings in the southwest of the country, including Lagos.

The consultancy said: "Foreign nationals were targeted in the affluent Lagos areas of Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Epe-Lekki, sparking speculation that organised criminal gangs have renewed their focus on the city's upscale districts given their relatively permissive security environments."


http://news.sky.com/story/1117961/nigeria-kidnapping-british-national-taken

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23381024

na wa oh

Arctic

These guys are invading the SW


They will never succeeded at it by God's grace

Let me secure a space 1st & brb.

Gunmen have kidnapped a British man in Nigeria after shooting the driver of the vehicle he was in, it has been reported.

The attack in Lagos happened on Tuesday evening soon after the four-wheel drive had left the international airport where the man had just arrived, Reuters news agency said, attributing the information to two security sources.

The Nigerian driver survived the attack, they said. The British high commission said in a statement simply that it was "working closely with others to secure the release of the hostage". The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London said: "We are aware of reports of a missing person and are liaising with Nigerian authorities."

In March, British construction worker Brendan Vaughan, 55, was killed weeks after being seized by the al-Qaida-affiliated Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru. He had been working in northern Nigeria for the Lebanese construction company Setraco when he and six colleagues were taken hostage on 16 February .

Last year, British construction worker Chris McManus and an Italian colleague were murdered by their kidnappers as a joint British-Nigerian rescue mission was launched on a compound in the city of Sokoto months after the pair had been seized by insurgents.

The son of a state legislator and four Chinese nationals in two different states all have been reported kidnapped this month. Some cases are not reported because of fears for hostages' safety.

Most are released after ransoms have been paid, though people have been injured and killed if they resist.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/19/nigerian-gunmen-kidnap-british-man-lagos

Na wa oh. No safety in Lagos anymore.

Naija don become kidnappers paradise.

How much be d ramson fee?? Mek dem pay na