Gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese citizens and killed their police guard in southern Nigeria, police said on Friday, the latest such incident targeting workers from the country. The abduction took place Wednesday at the town of Utesi in the southern Edo state, a senior police officer told AFP. “The Chinese were seized by unknown gunmen who had laid an ambush for them outside the premises of their company,” the officer said. Chinese companies are working in Nigeria on multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects that include railways, airports and roads. Also in April, two Chinese workers abducted on a construction site in Ebonyi state were released unharmed after two days in captivity.

Source: The Guardian July 05, 2019 09:45 UTC