by James Sambo

The news agency, Reuters, is reporting that gunmen have abducted a German expatriate worker, and killed another one in Ogun state.

The incident occurred on Friday, when the Germans, who worked with Julius Berger Nigeria, were travelling without their security escorts. They were heading to the Ogbere quarry where they worked in Ogun state.

According to a security source, “one of the vehicles was stopped by the gunmen, and when the driver of the other car saw what had happened he attempted to turn around but the attackers also opened fire on that vehicle, killing the German citizen.”

Julius Berger confirmed the incident but did not mention the nationality of the victims.

“One expatriate, a sub-contractor to Julius Berger, was shot and has subsequently died; the other expatriate, a staff of Julius Berger, has been abducted.”

The company emailed a confirmatory statement to Reuters, saying, “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.”