Kidnapped French sailor freed in Nigeria: Military

Abuja: A French sailor who was kidnapped from a tanker in Togo has been freed in southern Nigeria after an army rescue, the military said on Tuesday.

"The man is a Frenchman and he was abducted from a vessel, MT Adour, which was anchored in Togo before the pirates struck," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu told a news agency, adding that he was not sure of the date of the kidnapping.

Soldiers "invaded the kidnappers` camp and rescued him last night. No one was arrested as the criminals had abandoned the camp on learning of the (soldiers`) approach."
AFP