Unidentified gunmen seized six Filipino seamen from a boat plying the waterways of Nigeria's southern oil delta region, while a British kidnap victim was released in the same area, officials said.
Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said the six Filipinos were taken on Saturday, only hours after the British man was freed.
There was no indication two incidents were linked.
No ransom was paid for the Briton's release after weeks of captivity since his mid-September abduction, said Musa, a spokesman the military task force in the Niger Delta.
The man was "safe …
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