Child seized in Nigeria’s oil-rich south

Gunmen seized a child from a house in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing region on Wednesday, officials said.

The child was taken from a home in one of the most affluent areas of Port Harcourt, the region’s oil hub, Police spokeswoman Irejua Barasua said.

She said police were combing the area. A private security contractor who requested anonymity because he was not cleared to speak to the media, said that a nanny, driver and escort were also taken hostage in the same incident. The child is Nigerian, he said.”

AM: Port Harcourt Police confirmed the child, including nanny, driver and escorts were taken

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