Five aid workers kidnapped in Jos

5 male national INGO staff members (1 driver and 4 project officers) were kidnapped while travelling from Yola to Abuja. At 3:59pm on July 9, 2018 one staff member confirmed they had arrived in Jos; following this call contact was lost. The supervisor was alerted of the kidnapping at midnight that evening after a phone call from one of the staff. No further information is known at this time. Means of attack recorded as kidnapping. Context ambush. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 2582.