Gunmen have abducted three Chinese workers at a hydropower dam project in Zungeru in the Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State killing two local workers in the process.
According to a statement by police authorities in the state on Thursday, workers on the hydro-power dam project comprised some Chinese expatriates and local staff who were attacked while working on a transmission line tower along with Gussase village.
The police spokesperson in Niger, Wasiu Abiodun, said a Chinese expatriate and a local staff were shot while three Chinese expatriates were declared missing after the gun duel.
The police spokesman in a statement said suspected armed bandits on Tuesday afternoon attacked “workers comprised of some Chinese expatriates and local staff” at the Sino-Hydro project in Niger State who were working on a transmission line tower.
Abiodun said Police tactical team attached to the facility engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel while four of the expatriates were rescued with one of them and two local staff sustaining bullet injury. The statement said two local staff died later in hospital.
