An undated file photo shows US missionary, Reverend Phyllis Sortor, 87, of the Free Methodist Church, who was kidnapped on February 24, 2015 by unknown gunmen in the village of Emiworo village in the Ajaokuta district of Kogi State in Central Nigeria. Police said on February 24 a ransom payment was the suspected motive for the attack. "She was whisked away at around 10:00 am (0900 GMT) Monday," said Kogi state police spokesman Sola Collins Adebayo. The kidnappers were "unknown gunmen...(who) came into the school premises shooting sporadically to scare away people before taking (the hostage) away into the bush", he added. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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