Gunmen are demanding more than $13,000 in ransom after kidnapping a niece of Nigerian Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Talen, according to a relative. Media reports, including the Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust, say the young victim was abducted at Rantiya Lowcost in Jos South LGA in Plateau State. The relative reportedly told the Daily Trust the abductors left the victim's mother behind. The victim, identified as Dapit Karen, was abducted at Rantiya Lowcost in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The relative, speaking to Daily Trust, said the gunmen stormed the residence around 5 am while they were asleep.

Source: Ethiopian News March 09, 2021 08:03 UTC