Two policemen were killed in the ambush laid by the kidnappers.

The kidnap victims were reportedly setting up solar stations.

They were travelling from Kaduna  to the capital Abuja.

Nigerian authorities say every possible means is being deployed  to free the abductees.

Kidnapping foreigners for ransom is common in Nigeria’s southern states.

Last October four British missionaries were seized in the oil-rich Delta state.

One was killed while the other three were later released.

In recent years the crime has spread across the country as the economy has stalled. A crackdown on cattle rustling has been blamed for rising numbers of abductions in the north.

The post Two Canadians and two Americans kidnapped in Nigeria appeared first on Jean-Jacques Cornish.