Anambra attack: US Embassy confirms safe recovery of two staff

The United States Embassy in Abuja disclosed on Friday that two of its employees involved in the recent attack on its convoy in Anambra State have been rescued alive.

The embassy stated this in a statement to journalists in Abuja.

It said that the victims were under the protection of the Nigerian authorities in Anambra.

The statement reads in part: “We have informed their families of their safe recovery. U.S. Mission personnel are on their way to meet and accompany them home.

“We continue to work intensively with the Nigerian security and law enforcement on this matter to identify the victims previously found and to bring to justice those responsible for this heinous attack.”