Pictured is
one of the Toyota Hilux vehicles that the kidnappers opened fire on in Akpabuyo
district near Calabar, the Cross River state capital on Wednesday, June 22.
The gunmen
shot dead a Nigerian driver and kidnapped three Australians, a New Zealander,
two Nigerians, and a South African from a worksite in Calabar. The workers are
employed by Perth-based mining and engineering company Macmahon Holdings.
The
expatriate contractors according to sources were driving in a convoy of 4
vehicles with the kidnapped persons in one of the two SUVs in the convoy along
with two Hilux vehicles.
The hoodlums
who were said to number up to 30 were also said to be heavily armed and battle
ready prompting the security personnel attached to the expatriates to scamper
for safety.
Photo
credit: West Australian
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