Seoul - MENA
Four South Korean workers and a Nigerian have
been abducted by an unidentified armed group at a Korean company\'s
construction site in southern Nigeria, Yonhap news agency quoted Seoul\'s
foreign ministry officials as saying Tuesday.
The armed group broke into the construction site at Brass Island in the
state of Bayelsa and drove the five abductees away in a boat from the site
at around 3:00 p.m. on Monday (local time), ministry officials said.
The armed group had originally kidnapped the four Koreans of Hyundai
Heavy Industries and two Nigerian colleagues, but one Nigerian was ordered
to get off the boat and returned to the construction site, said a senior
ministry official.
\"No contact has been made yet from the kidnappers, and we are closely
cooperating with local police for their safe release,\" the official said
on the condition of anonymity.