Nigerian kidnappers demand $200,000 for German hostages

Published March 16, 2017

Associated Press

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Security officers stand guard at the scene where a German archaeologists and his associate were kidnapped in Janjala Village, Nigeria. Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 60 million naira (about Dlrs 200,000 US) for the two captives abducted this week from Janjala village in northern Nigeria, the excavation site where the German archaeologists was working. Two villagers were shot and killed in the kidnapping, police confirmed Friday.(AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi ) (The Associated Press)

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Security officers stand guard at the scene where a German archaeologists and his associate were kidnapped in Janjala Village, Nigeria. Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 60 million naira (about Dlrs 200,000 US) for the two captives abducted this week from Janjala village in northern Nigeria, the excavation site where the German archaeologists was working. Two villagers were shot and killed in the kidnapping, police confirmed Friday. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi ) (The Associated Press)

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Security officers stand guard at the scene where a German archaeologists and his associate were kidnapped in Janjala Village, Nigeria. Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 60 million naira (about Dlrs 200,000 US) for the two captives abducted this week from Janjala village in northern Nigeria, the excavation site where the German archaeologists was working. Two villagers were shot and killed in the kidnapping, police confirmed Friday. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi ) (The Associated Press)

A worker at a Nigerian excavation site says kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 60 million naira (about $200,000) for a German archaeologist and his associate abducted this week from a remote northern village.

The worker says he heard the demand in a telephone call Thursday to the site supervisor. The caller warned not to involve police or security forces.

Authorities already are searching around Jenjela village in Kaduna state, where gunmen on Wednesday abducted professor Peter Breunig and associate Johannes Behringer.

The worker spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to reporters.

Police did not immediately comment Friday.

The 65-year-old Breunig and Behringer, who is in his 20s, are part of a four-person team from Frankfurt's Goethe University.

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