(SomaliNet) An Israeli embassy source said on Friday that gunmen in Nigeria have demanded $12 million for the release of an Israeli expatriate kidnapped earlier this week at his home in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt. The 60-year-old project manager, who works for Israeli construction firm Gilmor Engineering Limited, was abducted by four gunmen late on Tuesday who fled by stealing his vehicle. Speaking on conditions of anonymity, the embassy official, said the gunmen did not give a deadline for the ransom payment.
More than 200 foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta, the heart of Nigeria's oil industry, since early 2006. Almost all have been released unharmed. |