Seven employees of engineering firm Macmahon, including three Australians and a New Zealander, have been kidnapped in Nigeria; a convoy of cars was ambushed, with the driver killed and hostages taken to a waiting boat. The abduction happened in the Akpabuyo district near the capital of Cross River state, Calabar, at about 7am on Wednesday, Nigerian police said on Thursday. The company said it had no information on whether any Australian or Kiwi were among those taken. The identity of the kidnappers is unknown at this stage.
Seven employees of engineering firm Macmahon, including three Australians and a New Zealander, have been kidnapped in Nigeria; a convoy of cars was ambushed, with the driver killed and hostages taken to a waiting boat. The company said it had no information on whether any Australian or Kiwi were among those taken. The identity of the kidnappers is unknown at this stage.