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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Four kidnapped in oil-rich Niger Delta |
| 2010-04-10 |
| Four employees of an engineering company in Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria were abducted on Friday by gunman dressed in military attire, police say. One Lebanese worker and three Syrian expatriates were taken near the oil hub of Port Harcourt, said police spokeswoman Rita Inoma Abbey. "The hoodlums kidnapped the four ... and fled while firing at the police," she said. Every year, hundreds of kidnapping incidents take place in the oil producing region of the Niger Delta. The victims are usually released unharmed a few days after the kidnapping. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Another standing headline... |
| Posted by: Raj 2010-04-10 07:36 |
| #4 Biafra is long over. Opportunity is available if they want it. They choose to thug it out. Hammertime |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-04-10 01:51 |
| #3 Frank, there's strong overlap between the parts of Nigeria where kidnapping has gone on, and what was part of the Biafran rebellion. So it's not only been "Russian Jr'd," but it's had the full Russian done on it, where it was starved into submission to the cost of some million or so lives. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-04-10 01:19 |
| #2 It's an industry. The first time the entire village the gang is operating from is obliterated and the rubble bounced, would be the last time the "hostages" from that nation were taken. Go Russian, Once. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-04-10 00:41 |
| #1 victims are usually released unharmed a few days after I don't know what the going rate is, but some years ago in Venezuela the kidnapping business kept the ransom rates moderate (maybe $20k) and standardized - you could even buy 'kidnap insurance' that would pay the ransom. Kidnapping was just another business. The 'authorities' got their cut, nobody got hurt, and the criminals made an 'honest' living. The foreigners paid. It was just a cost of doing business. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-04-10 00:17 |