Gunmen have abducted three brothers who work for Fouani Nigeria Ltd while travelling by boat in Lagos on Friday.
Fouani Nigeria Ltd is a leading household electronics dealership and is the sole distributor of LG, Hisense and Maxi products in Nigeria.
Mohammed Ali Fouani is the MD of Fouani Nigeria Limited.
The brothers – Abbas Fouani, Youssef Fouani and Amtal Fouani – were said to have been abducted around 6pm on Friday.
They were reportedly coming from their factory by boat when they were abducted.
It was learnt that they were abducted around Falomo Bridge while traveling from Apapa to Victoria Island.
“Yesterday (Friday) evening, the Managing Director of Fouani company (LG and Hisense) and three Lebanese were kidnapped around Falomo Bridge while traveling from Apapa to Victoria Island by boat.
“The kidnappers have asked for $1.5m,” the source said.
When contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development.
“Yes, it is true. We got the report and we are looking into it. Please, I’m not obliged to state more than that,” he simply said.
