March 26, 2007	Monday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1428

LAGOS: An Indian and a Lebanese man kidnapped in volatile southern Nigeria last week amid disputes over oil revenues have been released, a diplomatic source said. Gunmen seized the construction workers 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 source said. No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, the latest in a series of such attacks against foreigners mainly involved in the oil industry.

The men worked for BTP Cetraco, a construction company working on a road in the oil-rich region.—AFP