An 80-year-old American
missionary, Rev. Phyllis Sortor, has been abducted by unknown gunmen in Kogi
State. The kidnapping is coming barely two days after a director at Adavi Local
Government Area, Abdulazeez Ohere, who was kidnapped last week, was released.
Reverend Phyllis Sorto The Department of State and Federal Bureau of
Investigation, FBI, are working with Nigerian authorities to find Sortor and
are still awaiting word from her kidnappers. Sources said the kidnappers, who
invaded Emi-Woro, a village in Ajaokuta Local Government Area at about 10am on
Monday, where the woman ran a Nursery/Primary School, forcibly pulled her out
of the office, scaled the fence and took her away through the forest behind the
school. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Sola Adebayo,
confirmed the incident and disclosed that their men had secured the school. He
said the command has appealed to the villagers to assist the police with useful
information that could lead to the arrest of the kidnappers
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