Gunmen kidnap 2 expatriates, Nigerian construction worker in Niger

THE police in Niger State have confirmed the kidnap of two expatriate and a Nigerian staff of Triacta Construction Company in Galadima Kogo village in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna, on Tuesday, said the gunmen, who wore a military uniform, stormed the village on over 20 motorcycles and attacked workers of the construction firm.

Usman said the incident occurred on Monday at about 12:45 p.m along Shiroro-Galadima Road.

Usman said: “The victims were seized by the gunmen who came through Kaduna State on motorcycles, ambushed the workers along the road they were constructing and took them to the bush.

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“They overpowered the policemen on duty and abducted the victims on motorcycles to the bush.”

He said the police command had already launched a manhunt to track down the attackers in order to rescue the hostages.

“We have since deployed the IGP Intelligence Response Team and the Special Technical Squad, as well as the Anti-Kidnapping Squad to identified areas with a view to rescuing the victims unhurt.

“We have also reached out to the Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State.

“We are doing everything humanly possible to rescue the victims unhurt,” the commissioner said.

He, therefore, appealed to residents of rural communities to report to the nearest security agencies any person or group of people with a questionable character for prompt security response.