A Lebanese man was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on Monday morning in Port Harcourt in the south of Nigeria, agencies reported.
The reports quoted Nigerian police spokesperson in Rivers state as saying that the man was seized at about 11:00 a.m. (2200 GMT) local time when he was working on a road project outside Port Harcourt, the capital city of Nigeria's southeastern Rivers State.
The Lebanese, employee of a large construction company whose name is withheld for security reasons, was kidnapped on his way to the neighboring Bayelsa State which also belongs to oil-rich Niger Delta, security sources further disclosed.
No group has claimed the responsibility for the event by now.
Kidnappings are common in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta region, in which militants and criminals take hostages either for particular political reason or simply for ransom.
Since the beginning of 2006, more than 200 foreigners have been kidnapped by a mixture of militant operations and criminal activities, most of who were released unharmed.
But the militancy and criminal activities have crippled Nigeria's oil production, which has dropped by 25 percent compared with its peak production of 2.6 million barrels per day, as well, people's normal life and daily business have also been stalled to some extend since then.
Source:Xinhua
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