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Police confirm release of abducted Sierra Leonean envoy in Nigeria

Xinhua, July 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigerian police confirmed Wednesday that a Sierra Leonean diplomat who was abducted in northern Nigeria has been released.

Maj.-Gen. Nelson Williams, deputy high commissioner in Abuja, was kidnapped on Thursday evening when traveling from Abuja to the northern city of Kaduna for a military passing-out parade.

"The diplomat has been reunited with the Sierra Leonean high commissioner and his family," Nigeria's national police spokesman Don Awunah said.

He added that the diplomat was released at about 4:00 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) along the Abuja-Kaduna road with credible intelligence and technical support.

There were intense police activities on the ground and there was an air patrol around the area, he said, noting that Williams was in good condition.

Nigerian Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris on Wednesday assured members of the diplomatic corps and other foreigners of their safety and security in the country. Endi