Gunmen release expatriate contractors kidnapped in Niger Delta: police

Seven contractors, including three Australians and a South African, have been released four days after they were kidnapped by gunmen. (Photo: Courtesy)

Seven contractors, including three Australians and a South African, have been released four days after they were kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria, officials said.

Police had given conflicting accounts of how many had been seized and what their nationalities were but they all worked for cement company Lafarge and were taken on the outskirts of Calabar, capital of Cross River State, in the Niger Delta.