Expatriate Kidnapped In Lagos

[Shola Sholaz]

An expatriate has been kidnapped in Lagos, the US consulate said Sunday, but no further details were immediately available.
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A US consulate spokeswoman did not reveal the nationality of the victim.
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Such incidents are rare in Lagos, though kidnappings for ransom occur regularly in the southern oil-producing Niger Delta region and Islamist extremists have carried out abductions in the north.
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"The US Consulate General in Lagos received a report that an expatriate was kidnapped on Victoria Island on Saturday, March 23 at approximately 11 pm," the consulate said in a message to US citizens, referring to an upscale area of Lagos. "Nigerian law enforcement confirmed this incident."
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Police in Lagos, the economic capital of the nation's  could not be reached for comment.
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Victims of kidnappings in the Niger Delta and other areas of the south are usually released unharmed after payment of ransoms.
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Abductions in Nigeria's north have however had deadly results.
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Islamist extremist group, Ansaru, recently claimed to have executed seven foreign hostages.
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In addition, a British national and an Italian were killed during a botched 2012 rescue operation, as was a German the same year.
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Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram is believed to currently be holding seven members of a French family abducted over the border in Cameroon.