Captors reportedly demanding $30,000 ransom; negotiations conducted via man's business partner.
By JPOST.COM STAFFnigeria violence 298.88(photo credit: AP)
An Israeli businessman in his sixties has been kidnapped in Ghana and his captors are demanding a $30,000 ransom for his release.
According to reports Friday, the Foreign Ministry was coordinating with the Israeli Embassy in Nigeria to secure the man's release, since Israel has no representation in Ghana.
Negotiations were being conducted via the Israeli's business partner, who first reported the kidnapping, which took place three days ago.
Kidnappers initially demanded half a million dollars, but later reduced the ransom.
On August 26, Ehud Avni a businessman from Ra'anana, was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He was released on September 1 after a ransom was apparently paid to his kidnappers.
Last week, 13 Israeli project supervisors were trapped on an isolated Caribbean island, and later released, by disgruntled Chinese construction workers who were owed wages.
