He believes the victims of the latest kidnapping will be released if the ransom is paid. A former road policing boss who has worked in Nigeria believes the workers taken hostage will likely be released as long as the ransom is paid. Sandy Beckett, the former head of Auckland's road policing unit, worked around Enugu, about three hours' north of where the workers were abducted yesterday. Officials "estimate" at least 30,000 people die each year -- however, that was just the deaths police were made aware of. "These guy that came out and had a crack at me in the jungle would have known for weeks and weeks that they were going to target me."

Source: New Zealand Herald June 23, 2016 00:45 UTC