AFP Report: Sierra Leone diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria
- SitiTalkBlog
- Jul 2, 2016
- 1 min read
Kano (Nigeria) [Agence France-Presse – ( AFP)] reported that “ Sierra Leone's deputy high commissioner has been snatched in Nigeria, government sources said Friday, the first kidnapping of a diplomat from the west African country in more than half a century. Alfred Nelson-Williams was taken as he was travelling by road from the Nigerian capital of Abuja north to attend a ceremony in Kaduna, a city some 200 kilometres (125 miles) away. Local security officials said they were still investigating how the kidnapping took place. "We want to establish whether he had security escorts with him and what happened to them," Kaduna state security official Yusuf Yakubu Soja told AFP. "He was kidnapped on his way to Kaduna from Abuja to attend the passing out ceremony of military officers at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji outside Kaduna." Sierra Leone's information minister Mohamed Bangura said the government was working with Nigerian authorities to secure Nelson-Williams' release.”
