Gunmen abduct Sierra-Leonean envoy in northern Nigeria: sources
Xinhua, July 2, 2016 Adjust font size:
Unknown gunmen on Friday kidnapped Sierra-Leonean Ambassador to Nigeria, Maj-Gen. Nelson Williams (Rtd) along Abuja-Kaduna Express way, a competent security source told Xinhua.
The envoy was kidnapped on his way from Abuja, the nation's capital city to central city of Kaduna to attend the graduation ceremony of Senior Course at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji, near Kaduna State, the source said.
Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was also a special guest at the graduation ceremony in Jaji.
The Senior Course of the military institution is an annual event, which marks the end of a 12 months training for the senior cadre of the officers drawn from the armed forces, ECOWAS countries, among them, Sierra-Leone.
The state police command was yet to confirm the incident as the police spokesperson, Abubakar Zubairu was not reachable.
No group has by far claimed responsibility for the abduction of the envoy or place a ransom on him.
The abduction came barely three months when a senior military officer in the Nigeria Army was abducted along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.
Colonel Samaila Inusa, who was serving at the School of Infantry Jaji in Kaduna State, was found dead two days after he was abducted. Endit