LAGOS, Feb 24 - An American woman working as a
Christian missionary in Nigeria was kidnapped overnight, the website of the
Free Methodist Church and a security source said on Tuesday.
"Early this morning we received a report that
Rev. Phyllis Sortor, our missionary in Nigeria, was abducted from the Hope
Academy compound in Emiworo, Kogi State, Nigeria by several persons," the
church said.
Nigeria is one of the world's worst country's for
kidnapping, a major criminal enterprise that makes millions of dollars a year. Criminal
gangs have kidnapped scores of expatriates in southern and central Nigeria over
the years. Central Kogi state has also had low level activity by Islamist
militants linked to insurgent group Boko Haram, security sources say.
A U.S. State Department official said authorities
had heard the reports but could not make further comments in the interest of
privacy.
(Reuters)
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