Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a Syrian national whose name was given as Mah Fath Nagor, an Engineer with RIM Construction Companry in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa state.
Information reaching us indicated that Syrian national was kidnapped yesterday, Monday evening by the gunmen who arrived at the site of the construction company and started to shoot sporadically into the air to scare away onlookers.
They were said to have subsequently forced the Syrian into their waiting vehicle and sped off to an unknown destination.
The kidnapers of Fath Nagor are now demanding a sum of fifty million naira as ransom for his release.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Nasarawa state, Ismaila Numan has confirmed the incident and said that the police was working towards the release of the man. [myad]
