Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a community leader from his home in the Nigeria's volatile oil region, a military spokesman said Sunday.
Alabo Noble Diri, a traditional chief of Kalaibiama-Opobo in Rivers state, was abducted on Saturday, Lieutenant Colonel Musa Sagir told AFP, adding that his whereabouts were unknown.
He said no one immediately claimed responsibility for the seizure, the latest to hit the restive region in recent months.
Nigeria has seen a spate of kidnappings of local and foreign workers and relatives of prominent politicians in the past two years, often by criminal gangs seeking a ransom, but sometimes also for political ends.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment