尼日利亚警方表示，他们已找到一处营地，19名国家青年服务团的新成员正被枪手关押在那里，但警方无法进入，因为他们认为该处埋有爆炸物。
Nigerian police say they have located a camp where 19 national youth service recruits are being held by gunmen but cannot move in as they believe the place is mined with explosives.
警察局长奥杜·博索说，无人机帮助警方找到了这处营地。上周，东南部伊莫州的一批即将加入国家青年服务团（NYSC）的成员遭到绑架，随后被带到了这里。
Police Commissioner Audu Bosso said drones helped locate the camp where the prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were taken after being abducted last week in the south-eastern Imo state.
该营地的确切位置尚未公布，警方也没有查明这起绑架事件的幕后责任者。
The exact location of the camp has not been disclosed and police have not identified those responsible for the kidnapping.
奥莫托肖·阿德瓦莱的孩子也是被绑架者之一。他告诉英国广播公司，绑匪曾索要5000万奈拉（37,680美元；28,440英镑）的赎金，但他无力支付。“我已经无法安心，三天都没有吃东西了。”他说着，泪流不止。阿德瓦莱呼吁政府提供帮助。
Omotosho Adewale, whose child is among those abducted, told the BBC that the kidnappers had demanded a ransom of 50m naira ($37,680; £28,440), which he could not afford. "There's no peace of mind. I've not eaten in three days," he said in between tears. Adewale appealed to the government for help.
上周四，被绑架人员正从西南部的伊巴丹前往阿比亚州和阿夸伊博姆州的国家青年服务团定向培训营，途经伊莫州乌穆诺哈附近时，枪手袭击了他们的客车。
Those kidnapped had been travelling from Ibadan in the south-west to NYSC orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states on Thursday when gunmen attacked their buses near Umunoha in Imo state.
国家青年服务团是尼日利亚大多数大学和高等专科毕业生必须参加的一年期项目。参与者被称为服务团成员，他们被派往全国各地工作、参加社区服务，并促进国家团结。博索对记者说，警方已经追踪到绑匪的下落。
The NYSC is a compulsory one-year programme for most Nigerian university and polytechnic graduates. Participants, known as corps members, are posted to different parts of the country to work and take part in community service, as well as to foster a sense of national unity. Speaking to journalists, Bosso said they had tracked the kidnappers.
“无人机确实准确显示了他们所在的位置。但我们面临的问题是，根据目前掌握的情报……这个营地埋设了简易爆炸装置（土制炸弹）。”他说。警方正在调派推土机和装甲车辆，为营救行动做准备。
"The drone actually showed us exactly their location. But our predicament is that with the intel we have... the camp is mined with IEDs [homemade bombs]," he said. Bulldozers and armoured vehicles are being deployed as police prepare for a rescue operation.
为赎金而绑架是尼日利亚面临的一项重大安全问题，涉及犯罪团伙和武装组织。
Kidnapping for ransom is a major security problem in Nigeria, involving both criminal gangs and armed groups.
伊莫州的这次绑架事件引发了广泛关注。与北部一些地区相比，尼日利亚南部发生大规模绑架的情况较为少见。
The abduction in Imo state has caused widespread concern, with mass kidnappings less common in southern Nigeria than in some parts of the north.
支付赎金属于违法行为，当局已多次警告家属不要这样做，但被绑架人员的亲属往往承受压力，被迫支付赎金以确保其获释。
Paying ransoms is illegal and authorities have repeatedly warned families against doing so, but relatives of kidnapped people are often under pressure to do so to secure their release.
最新一起绑架事件凸显了年轻人在尼日利亚各地参加国家青年服务时所面临的风险，并再次引发了改革呼声。
The latest abduction highlights the risks faced by young people travelling across Nigeria to do their national youth service and has renewed calls for reforms.
NYSC此前表示，不会将成员派往因暴力或绑架威胁而被视为高风险的地区。尼日利亚东南部大部分地区此前未被列为高风险地区。
The NYSC has previously said it would not deploy members to areas considered high-risk because of violence or the threat of abduction. Most parts of south-eastern Nigeria have not previously been classified as high-risk areas.
在东南部，以往发生的一些绑架事件被指与分离主义组织有关，包括比夫拉原住民（Ipob）。当局尚未将此次绑架与任何组织联系起来。前往了解非洲大陆更多新闻。
In the south-east, some previous abductions have been linked to separatist groups, including the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob). Authorities have not linked the current abduction to any group. Go to for more news from the African continent.