3 kidnapped Filipinos freed
2006-08-14 10:44
Port Harcourt - Three Filipino gas workers were released on Monday after 10 days as hostages in Nigeria, said a government spokesperson.
The kidnapping of the Filipinos, who worked for a United States oil services company, was one of four separate kidnappings in the oil producing Niger Delta this month.
Rivers state government spokesperson Blesyn Nwikina said: "The three Filipinos have been released. They are on their way to government house."
The Niger Delta is a vast wetlands region almost the size of England, which is home to all Nigeria's oil and gas.
Well-armed criminal groups, some involved in large-scale theft of crude oil from pipelines, regularly attack oil and gas installations and workers to extort money or get other concessions from companies.