LAGOS (AFX) - An Indian and a Lebanese man kidnapped in Nigeria's oil rich south last week have been released, a diplomatic source said on Sunday.
Gunmen had seized the construction workers, who have not been named, from a building site at Agbarho in Delta State on Friday, police said earlier.
'The circumstances are still not clear but I can confirm that they have been freed,' the diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity.
No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, the latest in a series of such attacks against foreigners mainly working in the oil industry.
The men worked for BTP Cetraco, a construction company working on a road in the oil-rich region.
There was no news on the fate of a Dutch man kidnapped Friday from Port Harcourt, Nigeria's oil capital, in the southern Rivers State, despite the deployment of military search parties to look for him. newsdesk@afxnews.com afp/hjp COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News. AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited