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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen seized a French oil worker in Nigeria's restive southern petroleum-producing region, the latest victim in a spate of hostage takings, police said Thursday.
An employee for French oil company Total SA was taken late Wednesday, said Rivers State police spokeswoman Irejua Barasua.
The French Embassy in Nigeria said the 59-year-old engineer, who is married to a Nigerian woman and has lived in the country for many years, was seized as he arrived at his home in a suburb of Port Harcourt.
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