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Kidnappers in Nigeria have released a three-year-old British girl they have held hostage since Thursday, a state government spokeswoman said. Kidnappers in southern Nigeria have released a three-year-old British girl who was held hostage for three days.
Margaret Hill was in good health and being cared for by security officials in Port Harcourt city, spokeswoman Emma Okah told the Reuters news agency. Margaret Hill was in good health and being cared for by officials in Port Harcourt city, a government spokeswoman told the Reuters news agency.
The child was snatched from the car driving her to school. The child was snatched from the car driving her to school on Thursday.
Kidnappers had threatened to kill the girl unless a ransom was paid or her British father took her place. Kidnappers had threatened to kill the girl unless a ransom was paid or her British father took her place. It is not known whether any ransom was paid.
Kidnapping has become the norm in the oil-rich but impoverished Niger delta region, the BBC's Alex Last says.
But, he adds, this time there was immense pressure on her captors - not just from authorities but also from powerful local militant groups, who condemned the crime.