Police Go After Nigerians For Kidnap Of Envoy In Ghana

The police are on a manhunt for three Nigerians suspected to have kidnapped a Consular General and Head of Mission of Estonia to Ghana, Nabil Makram Basbous, at Labone.

According to a report published on Ghanaian news website, Graphic online, on Saturday, the envoy was reportedly abducted on Thursday.

The police said the victim was on an early morning walk when the suspects, in a white Hyundai Elantra, pulled up in front of him, pulled a pistol on him and ordered him to enter the car.

A statement issued and signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Police command, DSP Efia Tenge, said the Charlie SWAT Unit of the command picked up intelligence that some Nigerians residing in H/N/11/B, NTHC Estates, Vivian Farms, Lashibi, were suspicious characters who stayed at home all day but went out only at night.