Unknown gunmen attack Zungeru dam, kidnap two Chinese, kill two, shoot one
Tunde Bolaji – , Minna
Two foreign Chinese Rationales were kidnapped, one other was shot while two of their security guards were also killed when a well armed gunmen stormed the ongoing Zungeru Hydro Electric Power Dam project in Niger state.
The incident which occurred at the weekend around four in the evening at the the project site in Shiroro local government of state.
It was reliably gathered that the workers were working on the connection of high tension extension from Zungeru Dam to Gusase community.
Sources further revealed that the armed men in their numbers stormed the place on motorcycles shooting sporadically to scare the people away in order to carryout the mission unchallenged.
Our correspondent was told by an eye witnessed that “we were shocked with the sudden appearance of the armed kidnappers with their very sophisticated weapons, we were confused and don’t even know what to do or say”.
He added that in the process one of the Chinese worker was shot and one of our internal security guard was gun down and they left with two other Chinese workers, although he said he can’t say more than that for now because many people were just running into the bush and can not ascertain their destination at this moment.
In the mean time , the Secretary to the State Government SSG, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed Matane has confirmed the incident of the kidnapped victims but could not say anything about the number of persons killed in the process.
It was revealed that state government officials consisting of the SSG Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed Matane and Commissioner for Local government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Internal security, Emmanuel Umar with security agents were on the ground assessment as at the time of filing this report.
