11 Arrested Over Diplomat Kidnapping

Nigerian police have announced that they have arrested 11 people in connection with the kidnapping of a diplomat from Sierra Leone last last month .

According to police, the eleven men arrested are part of a so-called ‘kidnapping gang’ and are also referred to as a ‘daredevil’ kidnapping gang.

Alfred Nelson-Williams, Sierra Leone’s defence attaché and part of Sierra Leone’s mission in Nigeria, was snatched on the 30th of June and released five days later on July 5th.

According to the police, the kidnappers staged roadblocks on highways and were dressed in military uniforms.

Nelson-Williams was kidnapped while he was on his way from Abuja to Kaduna – a city 200 kilometers from Abuja.