Foreigner Kidnapped in Nigeria's Lagos: US consulate
A foreigner has been kidnapped in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos, the US consulate said on Sunday, but few other details were immediately unavailable.
A US consulate spokeswoman did not reveal the nationality of the victim believed to be an American, hence the release by the US Consulate. Other Consulates are maintaining a studied silence on the issue.
Such incidents are rare in Lagos, though kidnappings for ransom occur regularly in the southern oil-producing Niger Delta region and Islamist extremists have carried out abductions in the country's north.
"The US Consulate General in Lagos received a report that an expatriate was kidnapped on Victoria Island on Saturday, March 23 at approximately 11 pm," the consulate said in a message to US citizens, referring to an upscale area of Lagos.
"Local Nigerian law enforcement confirmed this incident."
Police in Lagos, the economic capital of some 15 million people located in the country's southwest, could not be reached for comment.
Dis kidnapping tin is becoming worse fr it to hv extended to lagos. May d Good Lord protect us frm dis evil men bt i feel if d ecomomy is favourable all this bad tins wld b minimized. I even heard that a Jounalist wrking wit NTA ws kidnapped Some few days ago . Anytime i hear news or i read abt tins like dis it kips reminding me of a song by African china "Mr president" lead us well mr president police us well no d̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ take bribe.....
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