Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 July 2016 The government of Sierra Leone has this afternoon confirmed the report of the kidnapping of the former head of Sierra Leone’s military, who is currently serving in Nigeria as the country’s Deputy High Commissioner. He is believed to have been kidnapped yesterday, 30 June 2016 in the notorious heartland of Boko Haram – northern city of Kaduna. Retired Major General Claude Nelson Williams was appointed early this year as deputy ambassador to Nigeria, in a snap cabinet reshuffle by president Koroma after the major’s surprised early retirement from the army. There are unconfirmed and conflicting reports about the kidnappers contacting the Sierra Leone...
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