A gang of suspected terrorists on Thursday morning kidnapped a Chinese national working as a road engineer and killed one officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Obangede community in Kogi State, North Central Nigeria.
Obangede is in the Okehi Local Government Area of the state.
A source from the community disclosed on Thursday, saying that the NSCDC officer who was killed was one of the security agents attached to the abducted Chinese engineer.
The names of the abducted person and the deceased could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.
When contacted the state police spokesman, William Ovye Aya to confirm and get an update on the issue, he said he “will check, get back later”.