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Vol. 5 Num 1127 Wed. August 01, 2007  
   
International


Gunmen abduct Pakistani in Nigeria


Gunmen yesterday seized a Pakistani construction worker in the restive oil-rich southern Nigerian Rivers state, community sources said.

A source said the kidnappers were in a speedboat.

The Pakistani, whose name was given as Tahri, was kidnapped in Bodo-city in the volatile Ogoni region.

The Rivers state police commissioner of police, Felix Ogbuadu told AFP he could not immediately confirm the abduction.

Community sources said the kidnapped man worked for the Gitto construction company, which is building a road in Rivers state in the Niger Delta.