The Sierra Leone Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, retired Major General Alfred Nelson, has been kidnapped. The former head of Sierra Leone’s Army was kidnapped on Thursday by unknown gunmen along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway while travelling to Kaduna
Police say it is unclear where he was kidnapped and taken or if he was travelling in convoy.
Kidnapping for ransom is common in some parts of the country.
The BBC’s Martin Patience in Lagos says the abduction of a senior diplomat will be hugely embarrassing for the Nigerian government.
It is understood there has been a demand for a ransom, but it is not yet known who the kidnappers are, reports the BBC.
Sierra Leone’s information minister said the Nigerian authorities had assured him they were doing all they could to rescue Maj-Gen Williams.
