LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A British man abducted in Nigeria’s largest city has been released by his kidnappers, a police spokeswoman said Thursday, as other foreigners have been kidnapped in the country’s commercial capital in recent days.
The release of the British citizen comes after three Lebanese citizens were also kidnapped. Abductions of foreigners remains common in Nigeria for political reasons or cash ransoms, but such kidnappings remain rare in Lagos and could spark more fears among investors and workers in a nation facing increasing insecurity with extremist attacks across its north.
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