The identity of the foreign female tourist killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Kaduna has been revealed.
She has been identified as Miss Faye Mooney, a British national who worked with Mercy Corps Nigeria.
Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, who gave the detail on the Police-Media WhatsApp platform however assured efforts were still on to rescue the other kidnapped victims and bring the perpetrators to book.
According to the PPRO, “continued efforts are still on course to rescue the kidnapped victims and bring the perpetrators to book.
“The slain expatriate lady Miss Faye Mooney is identified to be a Briton. She was a staff of Mercy Corps Nigeria. Investigation into the incident is in progress please,” he wrote.
The British expatriate and three others killed by suspected kidnappers at Kajuru Castle in Kajuru Local Governor Area of Kaduna State, at about 11:30am on Friday when the attackers stormed the area shooting sporadically.
A source close to the Local Government chairman told our Correspondent that the kidnappers abducted five other persons. While The Nation gathered that, there was a party at the castle the night before the incident.
The source had narrated that, “Yes there was an attack at Kajuru Castle but we suspected they were kidnappers and they killed an expatriate whose origin we are still trying to find.