Two employees of the US Embassy in Nigeria who were missing after their convoy was attacked in a community in Anambra Tuesday, have been found alive.
Two of their colleagues and two policemen were killed during the attack and their bodies burnt by the gunmen.
The U.S Embassy while announcing the development said the two are “under the protection of Nigerian authorities in Anambra,” adding that it has already “informed their families of their safe recovery” and that “U.S. Mission personnel are on their way to meet and accompany them home.”
The statement said- “We have informed their families of their safe recovery. U.S. Mission personnel are on their way to meet and accompany them home.
“We continue to work intensively with Nigerian security and law enforcement on this matter, to identify the victims previously found, and to bring to justice those responsible for this heinous attack. We welcome any information the public may have in this regard.
“We are deeply grateful for the partnership and solidarity of the Nigerian government and Nigerian security and law enforcement colleagues and mourn with them for those who died in the attack.”