An American missionary has been taken captive in Lagos, Nigeria.

Kogi state Police Commissioner Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi said that five men stormed the workplace of Rev. Phyllis Sortor and forced the woman out of the building.  The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 60 million Naira (about $300,000 U.S.).

The kidnapping took place Monday and while Lagos is away from the main areas of operation for Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, police officials could not say the kidnapping was not related to terrorism.  They said it’s possible the group is connected in some way or could sell the woman to the terrorist outfit.

Sortor runs an organization that provides schools for nomadic children in Nigeria.

Commissioner Ogunjamilusi said that the attackers scaled a wall of the school and then fled into the nearby mountains.