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| A Scottish oil worker kidnapped by militants in Nigeria has told of his ordeal after returning home. | |
| Alan Preston, 50, from Pilton, Edinburgh, was taken hostage in the Niger Delta on 5 April. | Alan Preston, 50, from Pilton, Edinburgh, was taken hostage in the Niger Delta on 5 April. |
| Earlier this week, the Foreign Office confirmed Mr Preston, who was working for Adamac Industries, was "safe". | |
| He was said to be "very distressed" by his abduction, which saw him being shot in both feet, his guard killed and another badly injured. | |
| He told The Sun: "When they threw me in the back of the car they shot through my two feet. | |
| "They stuck a gag in my mouth and the guy who jumped on top of me had an AK47 at the back of my ear. | |
| "We came to a checkpoint where I think they paid the policemen because the car was never searched." | |
| 'Carried me' | |
| Mr Preston said he was drugged, tortured, beaten and threatened with death and then after 16 days he was freed by Nigerian special forces. | |
| He said about the rescue: "And then the gun fight started. They were rushing me and telling me to come but I said I couldn't because of my feet. | |
| "So one carried me over the first swamp and gave me to the next one and they passed me along the chain until we got to dry land." | |
| Mr Preston was the seventh Scot to be taken hostage in the Niger Delta region over the past two and a half years. | Mr Preston was the seventh Scot to be taken hostage in the Niger Delta region over the past two and a half years. |
| Kidnappings of oil workers are common in the Niger Delta, where militants say they are fighting for a fairer distribution of Nigeria's oil wealth. | Kidnappings of oil workers are common in the Niger Delta, where militants say they are fighting for a fairer distribution of Nigeria's oil wealth. |
| It was not known if any ransom was used to secure Mr Preston's release. | It was not known if any ransom was used to secure Mr Preston's release. |