Suspected Irish kidnap victim freed in Nigeria

Nigerian police and soldiers freed two kidnapped expatriate oil workers, one of whom is thought to be Irish, during a rescue operation in the country’s southern oil-rich delta today, a police spokesman said.

Haz Iwendi said eight suspects were arrested during the raid in the Delta state district of Burutu. He said one of the kidnapped men was British, but there were conflicting reports about the nationality of the second man.