YENAGOA, Nigeria (AP) -- Kidnappers in Nigeria on Tuesday released an American and a Briton seized by gunmen in speedboats last week from a vessel off this country's oil-rich southern coast, a government official said.
The two men taken hostage Thursday were freed and transported by authorities to Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, said Ekiyor Welson, spokesman for the local state government.
"They have been released today. They're already in Yenagoa," Welson said Monday by telephone from the state capital, giving no other details.
The foreigners were taken from a boat belonging to Norwegian firm Petroleum Geo-Services, which was working with oil giant Chevron Corp. to map the seabed for potential petroleum deposits.
The company said the rest of its crew aboard the ship were unharmed in the incident. There was no claim of responsibility.
Source:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/af...oil.unrest.ap/
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