A Briton and an American have been kidnapped in the southern Nigerian oil city of Warri on Wednesday night, police said Thursday.

"While they (Briton and American) are having a drink ... they were kidnapped ... and taken away," police spokesman Haz Iwendi told Xinhua by phone from Nigeria's capital Abuja.

"The police moved in, shot at the (kidnappers') vehicle. They killed the driver of the vehicle but the kidnappers dropped the dead body and went away," Iwendi said.

The leader of the kidnapping group had been arrested, he said, noting he did not know the cause of the abduction or which company the kidnapped worked for.

"We are looking for them," the spokesman added.

Source: Xinhua