Gunmen kidnapped an American working for Marubeni Corp in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region on Friday, killing his driver and demanding a 50 million naira ($310,300) ransom, a security source said.
The U.S. embassy confirmed that one of its citizens had been abducted.
"A foreign national was kidnapped this morning in Warri by gunmen who trailed him from Sapele," Charles Muka, spokesman for the Delta Police Command, told Reuters.
"They killed his police escort and forcefully took him away from the car. He was going to the bank when the attack occurred," he said.
A security source, who could not be named, said that the hostage was an American working for Japanese conglomerate Marubeni, but gave no further details.
"The U.S. Embassy and Consulate are aware of the kidnapping of an American citizen this morning in Warri. We continue to monitor the situation closely and assist," a spokeswoman for the U.S. embassy told Reuters.
The Niger Delta, heartland of Africa's biggest oil and gas industry, is prone to bouts of unrest and riven by militant factions. Gangs use guns and speedboats to run criminal fiefdoms that profit from kidnapping and oil theft.
Militant activity decreased after an amnesty for several commanders in 2009, but the region remains volatile.
Source: Reuters
20 comments:
Hmmmm that is all i can say for now, Goodnyt my love @linda www.gideblog.com
Sorry to hear this, where is this country heading to?I'm packing now to Ghana.
Dem 'millitants' don start dere work again. Na God go save us 4 dis country. Linda, abi?
LMAO @ anon 11:37pm...what do u expect from a country of almost 150 million people with afferent ethnic groups, tribes etc..and what do u also expect in a world that satan dominates?u never know where he decides to turn his eye on next and cause trouble..read 2timothy 3:1-6 and Matthew 24:4-8
Kidnap ke? an american? well i know that US will not let that guy die, they'll do anything to get him back unlike our own govt( with a long hissssssss)! even if it's a dog, cat, monkey,sheep that has american citizenship, US will get it back! that's the power of a govt that works for it's pple, unlike ours that work for themselves.
Una don come again o! GEJ dey der wit oil subsidy money, una leave am.
WHY did they have to kill the driver? am sure the driver was a fellow naija trying to etch out a daily living for himself....why , why, why????? WICKED , HEARTLESS bastards.....
Since u announced ur planned relocation, u never still go???
Dear militants,
Cld u pls rather kidnapp the so called boko haram killing Innocent and helpless Nigerians, atleast their sponsor can afford to compensate u.
Dem too want their own govt. Salary of 100m naira. This is wat happens when u negotiate with terrorist, u keep feeding cos the blackmail never ends
okay oo! kidnap? why not go to the north and try to kidnap boko haram and demand for that ransom, rubbish! i don't even know what to type anymore. kidnapping here! bombing there, it's just too much happening!lives are lost! prices of gas, transport,food everything has gone up! what is going on? GOD PLEASE CLEANSE OUR LAND OF ALL THESE EVIL, AMEN.
Time to move out.
useless jobless eediots to think you are flexing on poor innocent lives , you could always go to yobe , kano , damaturu to give the boko guys a run for their money na harmless people unna dey worry .
GEJ way to go brro ?????? the country is gradually grinding to a halt please wake up from your slumber and work the talk !!!!!!!
Idiots when it was time to have a peaceful protest for a more egalitarian society they refused now they back doing what they do best..
9ja mentality rather kill their own..and 'cos dude was just a driver..
North= Boko Haram
South south/ south east= Kidnappers , 419 ers......the list goes on.
Instead of using their guns to save Nigeria from brother Boko H.
Nigeria is going on a dangerous path. If militant kidnappings are resusitated in d niger-delta and US citizens become a regular target, we might get invaded. i read a recent report about US establishing a military base in africa. *handwritings on d wall*
@anonymous 1.48am DONT GET IT TWISTED US dont negotiate with terrorists so dat guy will be in warri for a wile mate
nigeria=chaos! bokoharam, kidnapping, robbery, corruption, hardship. God bless nigeriaNS!
WOW!!!! TROUBLE ON ALMOST EVERY FRONT IN NAIJA. FIRST, THE POPULACE REBEL AGAINST FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL, BOKO HARAM TERRORIZING THE COUNTRY AND THIS NIGER DELTA BOYS SEEM TO HAVE STARTED THERE WAHALA. NA WA O.
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