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Three Dutch nationals kidnapped in Nigeria oil region

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Three Dutch nationals working for a civil society group were kidnapped in Nigeria's oil producing region while on their way to inspect a hospital built by US oil giant Chevron, the military said Monday.

"There were from the Netherlands. Two male and one female," military spokesman in the Niger Delta Mustapha Anka told AFP when asked about the Sunday abduction. "They went to inspect a hospital built by Chevron with an NGO. They were not guarded by anybody."

Three Dutch nationals working for a civil society group were kidnapped in Nigeria’s oil producing region while on their way to inspect a hospital built by US oil giant Chevron, the military said Monday.

“There were from the Netherlands. Two male and one female,” military spokesman in the Niger Delta Mustapha Anka told AFP when asked about the Sunday abduction. “They went to inspect a hospital built by Chevron with an NGO. They were not guarded by anybody.”

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