Four Britons serving as missionaries and medics in a rural area of southern Nigeria have been kidnapped, police in the country have said.
UG Christian news has gathered that Dr David Donavan, Chilly Donavan and two others were reportedly taken at about 02:00 local time on Friday when suspected militants stormed a rural community they were living in.
Andrew Aniamaka, a police spokesman in Nigeria, said in a report to The BBC that officers had identified a militant group, calling themselves the Karowei, as the main suspects.
No ransom demand had yet been made, he added.
‘The abductors have not made any contact but we are doing our investigations to know the motive and have them rescued without jeopardising their lives,’ said Andrew Aniamaka.
“Information available to us shows they are missionaries giving free medical services,” he continued, noting that the British nationals had been working in a very rural area.
According to the BBC, The UK Foreign Office currently advises against all but essential travel to parts of southern Nigeria, saying there is “a high threat of kidnap throughout Nigeria”.
Sources say Mr and Mrs Donovan run New Foundations, where they work alongside their sons for 14 years, running Bible classes, a boat clinic and a permanent health care centre.
Fourteen suspects have been arrested by police according to local press, while officers have announced that a joint task force will make an attempt to rescue the group.
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