Former Nigeria midfielder Christian Obodo is traumatised after he was kidnapped in the country's oil-rich Delta state for the second time in eight years. "I was forcefully taken at gunpoint on refinery road not too far from my house, blindfolded and forced into the passenger seat of my car," Obodo told BBC Sport Africa, as he revealed dramatic details of his seizure. Obodo said while this latest incident was random, the trauma has left him broken and feeling unsafe in his country. In March 2019, the mother of Nigeria international Samuel Kalu was released after being held by gunmen for six days. Back in 2007, France-based defender Onyekachi Apam was kidnapped by armed men who took his car before releasing him.

Source: BBC November 16, 2020 16:30 UTC