Security agents in Nigeria are battling to locate the whereabouts of a German, Edgar Fritz Raupach, who is believed to have been taken hostage by members of the Al-Quaeda, the dreaded Islamic sect in whose custody two foreigners died three weeks ago.
Raupach, who works with Dantata and Sawoe, was abducted from one of the company's road building projects on a bridge on the outskirts of the city since January 26.
A source, who pleaded not to be named because of the “sensitivity” of the matter, said: “The agencies are investigating the claim of al-Qaeda links with the kidnapped German in Kano and the swap demand for a woman who is said to be held in a prison in Germany.”
A purported spokesman of Al Qaeda later said the group was responsible for the kidnap and the group is now demanding that German authorities should release a Muslim woman, Oum Seif Allah Al Ansari, who they said was being subjected to inhumane treatment in a German prison.
The kidnap of Raupach has led to a manhunt mounted by a combined team of security operatives in the country.
The police said they had no immediate "clear suspicions" as to who were behind the kidnap.
However, AQIM, based in North Africa, last Wednesday, declared that it was responsible for the abduction.
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