Ill advised Kidnapping...

The three-year-old daughter of a British expatriate worker has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta, the BBC have reported. While the article reads that this is the third kidnapping of a child in the area in the last few weeks, it is the first for a young foriegn national.

Methinks this will just focus unwelcome foriegn attention on the area, however one possible positive outcome of the sadening news is the international attention may force the hand of Yar'Adua to follow up on his inauguration day promise to resolve the issues in the area...