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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - A gunman riding a motorcycle shot to death an American oil worker Wednesday in southern Nigeria, police said.
Police Commissioner Samuel Adetuyi said the American worked for the U.S. drilling equipment maker Baker Hughes Inc. and was riding in a car to his Port Harcourt office when he was killed. Adetuyi had no further details.
Baker Hughes spokesman Gene Shiels confirmed the victim, Ricky Wiginton, 51, worked as an operations manager for a division of the company. His hometown was not immediately available. Shiels said the company was seeking more information about the shooting. The U.S. Embassy also said it was investigating the report.
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