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Nigeria: Gunmen abduct prominent Nigerian doctor kidnapped

Published on: 2008-11-04 06:45:59

(SomaliNet) Police said on Tuesday that gunmen have kidnapped a prominent Nigerian doctor from his home in the southeastern Nigerian state of Anambra.

\"Dr Tochukwu Mbachu, the Anambra state chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, was abducted yesterday (Monday) by an unidentified gunmen,\" state police spokesperson Fidelis Agbo told AFP.

He however said no ransom has been demanded.

Mbachu was seized on the same day that a Lebanese construction worker was abducted in Port Harcourt, the hub of Nigeria\'s oil industry.

Nigeria has seen a spate of kidnappings of local and foreign workers and relatives of prominent politicians in the past two years - often by criminal gangs seeking a ransom, but sometimes also for political ends. - AFP

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