UK hostage in Nigeria is released unharmed
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March 29, 2013, Friday
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A British man abducted in Nigeria's largest city Lagos has been released by his kidnappers, a police spokeswoman said yesterday, as other foreigners have been kidnapped in the country's commercial capital in recent days.
The release of the British citizen comes after three Lebanese citizens were also kidnapped. Abductions of foreigners remains common in Nigeria for political reasons or cash ransoms, but such kidnapping remain rare in Lagos and could spark more fears among investors and workers in a nation facing increasing insecurity with extremist attacks across its north.
The man, who authorities said was abducted on Saturday likely while coming home from a nightclub in Victoria Island, was freed unharmed, said Ngozi Braide, a Lagos state police spokeswoman. Braide said she did not have any information on whether a ransom had been paid for the man's release. However, it is likely a ransom was paid as police did not make any arrests for the kidnapping.
A spokesman for the British High Commission in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, confirmed the man had been released.
The release of the British citizen comes after three Lebanese citizens were also kidnapped. Abductions of foreigners remains common in Nigeria for political reasons or cash ransoms, but such kidnapping remain rare in Lagos and could spark more fears among investors and workers in a nation facing increasing insecurity with extremist attacks across its north.
The man, who authorities said was abducted on Saturday likely while coming home from a nightclub in Victoria Island, was freed unharmed, said Ngozi Braide, a Lagos state police spokeswoman. Braide said she did not have any information on whether a ransom had been paid for the man's release. However, it is likely a ransom was paid as police did not make any arrests for the kidnapping.
A spokesman for the British High Commission in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, confirmed the man had been released.
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