Gunmen have kidnapped two children of a Nigerian oil worker in the Niger Delta oil city of Port Harcourt, police said on Tuesday.
The children were being driven to school when they were abducted in the Abuloma area of the city and taken to an unknown location, said Rita Abbey, police spokeswoman for Rivers state, of which Port Harcourt is the capital.
"They were kidnapped this morning by gunmen who were in a black jeep. They are a boy and a girl aged between 7 and 9, children of a Nigerian Shell worker," Abbey was quoted as saying by Lagos-based Channels TV on Tuesday.
Police said no group had yet claimed responsibility for the latest kidnappings.
According to the reports, kidnappings are common in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta, particularly since armed groups seeking greater control of the region's natural wealth launched a campaign of sabotage against the oil industry in early 2006.
The delta, a vast network of shallow creeks flowing into the Gulf of Guinea, is the hub of Africa's biggest oil and gas industry, which produces around 2 million barrels of crude per day. The unrest has slashed output by around a fifth.
Source:Xinhua
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