LAGOS (Thomson Financial) - Nigerian militants have released a child and two others pulled from their car and taken hostage last week in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, a military spokesman said.
'The child, his nanny and driver were released unharmed on Saturday night,' Major Musa Sagir told Agence France-Presse.
He could not say if any ransom was paid for the release of the three people snatched from their car on Wednesday.
Rivers State police commissioner Felix Ogbaudu confirmed the release, but could not give details.
No group has claimed responsibility for the incident, the latest to hit Port Harcourt, the hub of Nigeria's multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry in recent months.
The city is also the capital of the oil-rich but volatile Niger delta which has seen an upsurge in kidnappings of foreign and local workers in recent months, mainly in the oil industry. tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.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.