Gunmen kill German national in Ogun state ambush

Gunmen in southwestern Nigeria have shot dead a German man and abducted another. The German citizens were in the area working for the construction company Julius Berger when their vehicles came under fire.

The two men were ambushed while they were driving in separate cars without security escorts near the town of Sagamu in Ogun state.
"About four armed men emerged from the bush…and attacked," police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi told news agency AFP on Monday. "A bullet hit one German and he was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital, while the hoodlums abducted another German."


The construction company confirmed the incident. A spokeswoman for Julius Berger said the two men - an employee and a sub-contractor - were working for the firm in Nigeria, adding that the company was working with local authorities to find the hostage.
"Julius Berger is currently working in close cooperation with the Nigerian authorities to make certain the safe and prompt release of the person abducted ... (and) believes this to be an isolated criminal incident," she said.
Julius Berger International has around 600 employees in Nigeria, and is involved in several construction, gas, oil and infrastructure projects in the country.