Wednesday, 07 Apr 2021 02:42 PM MYT
LAGOS, April 7 Gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese workers from a gold-mining site in southwest Nigeria and shot their security guards, police said today, in the latest such incident in the area.
Kidnapping for ransom used to be common in Nigeria’s oil-producing south but has lately spread to other parts of the country.
The victims are usually released after a ransom is paid although police rarely confirm if money changes hands.
The latest abduction occurred on Monday at Okepa/Itikan village in Osun state, police spokeswoman Yemisi Opalola said in a statement.
She said “a gang of criminals, at about 4pm, attacked and abducted two Chinese nationals.”
Opalola explained that the command was intensifying efforts towards ensuring that the Chinese nationals were rescued unharmed.
She said the command was working alongside other security operatives to ensure that the victims were released.
She, however, urged residents of the state to equally help with credible information on the activities of criminals in the state.
The Chinese nationals Zhao Jian, 33 and Wen, 50 –were abducted on Monday at a mining site in Okepa/Itikan Village, Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West Local Government Area of Osun.
Their abductors were reported to have also shot two private guards of the miners who were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Two Chinese Abducted As Gunmen Invade Mining Site In Osun
Opalola noted that a tactical team has been deployed to ensure the safe rescue of the kidnapped persons.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 07, 2021
Two Chinese nationals have been kidnapped, after an attack by unknown gunmen on a mining site in Osun state.
Yemisi Opalola, Osun police spokesperson disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday night.
File photo used to illustrate story.
Opalola noted that a tactical team has been deployed to ensure the safe rescue of the kidnapped persons.
He said the incident occurred in Okepa/Itikan village, Ifewara area of the state.
Kidnappers demand N10m for release of Chinese miners in Osun – Police
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The Police Command in Osun says kidnappers of two Chinese miners at a gold mine in Ifewara, Osun on Monday are demanding for N10 million as ransom.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, said this on Wednesday while giving update on the kidnapping incident to newsmen in Osogbo.
Opalola explained that the command was intensifying efforts towards ensuring that the Chinese nationals were rescued unharmed.
She said the command was working alongside other security operatives to ensure that the victims were released.
Kidnappers demand N10m ransom for abducted Chinese nationals
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By Shina Abubakar Osogbo
Abductors of Chinese expatriates kidnapped at a gold mining site located at Okepa/Itikan village, Ifewara, Atakumosa West Local Government Area on Monday demanded the sum of N10 million ransom.
Vanguard had reported that Messrs Zhao Jian, 33, and Wen, 50, were kidnapped by gunmen, who invaded the mining site around 4 pm after shooting two of the private guards at the site.
Police spokesperson in Osun State, Yemisi Opalola on Wednesday while featuring on a private radio station, Rave FM talk show in Osogbo disclosed that the gunmen are demanding N10 million for the release of the victims.