Gunmen kidnapped an oil-industry worker on his way to work Friday in Nigeria's southern oil region, police said, according to AP. The man was snatched from his car shortly after dawn in the oil city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State Police Commissioner Felix Ogbaudu said. Ogbaudu said initially that the man was an American, but he later said further reports showed he might be British and the British High Commission confirmed the abductee was a Briton. Further details weren't released. Some 200 foreigners have been kidnapped this year in the restive southern region where crude is pumped in Africa's biggest oil producer. Militants behind a series of oil-installation attacks spearheaded the hostage takings, launching their latest campaign in late 2005.
