Nigerian police intensify operation to rescue abducted workers
Xinhua, June 25, 2016 Adjust font size:
Nigeria's security agencies have intensified massive joint operation in southern state of Cross Rivers to rescue five construction workers kidnapped on Wednesday.
Two Australians, one South African and two Nigerians, all staff of Machmahon Construction Company, were seized at Edundun bridge in Akpabuyo area of the state.
Macmahon Construction Company is one of the contracting firms to Lafarge Holcim Cement Company in Calabar, the state capital.
State police spokesperson, Irene Ugbo, said the authority had deployed a team of intelligence officers to strategic places across the state to rescue the victims and arrest the kidnappers.
According to him, the police will do its best to ensure that the victims are released unharmed and the kidnappers arrested.
Abduction is common in Nigeria. Over 300 foreigners and ransom-able citizens have been seized in the Niger Delta since 2006. Almost all have been released unharmed after paying a ransom. Endit