(Reuters)
LAGOS – Two hostages, one Lebanese and the other Indian, were released on Sunday after they were abducted two days ago in Nigeria’s oil producing delta region, local authorities said.
The two construction workers, employed by Nigerian firm Setraco, were taken at gunpoint from their workplace near the city of Warri on Friday.
‘All the waterways were blocked so they had no way to move further into the creeks, so they were released,’ said Brigadier General Alfred Ilogho, who heads a military task force in the area.