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