 STRENUOUS efforts were continuing yesterday to secure | “The kidnappers, linked to the so-called Niger Delta Frontier Force, are reported to have demanded £21 million for the men's release.” |
the release of four Scottish oil workers kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria a week ago. George McLean, 42, of Elgin, Paul Smith, 30, of Peterhead, Sandy Cruden, of Inverurie, and Graham Buchan, also from the North-east, were taken hostage last Tuesday after militants stormed an Exxon Mobil compound for contract workers in Eket, near Port Harcourt. Two security guards were shot and killed in the raid in which three other foreign oil workers were also kidnapped. The kidnappers, linked to the so-called Niger Delta Frontier Force, are reported to have demanded £21 million for the men's release. |