Ransom demand after gunmen seize Nigeria schoolchildren
Gunman have seized 15 children who were on their way to their international school in the south-eastern Nigerian state of Abia, say police.
"The abductors have contacted [the owner of the private school] and asked for 20 million naira [$130,000; £81,500]," police spokesman Geofrey Ogbonna told AFP news agency.
He said he believed the children came from wealthy Nigerian families.
The kidnap happened on the fringes of the oil-rich Niger Delta on Monday.
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