"Two Chinese expatriates kidnapped, two others killed in Niger", 5 January 2022

Two Chinese expatriates, working at the ongoing Zungeru Hydro Electric Power Dam project in Niger State, have been kidnapped from the site they were working.

Our correspondent gathered that one other Chinese National was shot while two of their security guards were killed when armed kidnappers stormed the site and carried out their activity.

The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when the workers were working on the connection of high tension extension from Zungeru Dam to Gusase community in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.

Our correspondent gathered that the armed men arrived at the construction site on motorcycles shooting sporadically to scare the people and carry out the mission unchallenged. [...]

However, when contacted on phone, the Secretary to the Niger State Government, Ibrahim Matane, confirmed the incident but declined to give further information saying he was yet to be briefed on the incident.