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| Oil hostages return after ordeal | |
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| Scottish oil workers held hostage for nearly three weeks in Nigeria have arrived back in the UK. | |
| Paul Smith, Graeme Buchan, George Mclean and Sandy Cruden had been seized, along with three other men, by armed militants. | |
| Mr Smith's wife Paula had feared the worst after earlier reports claimed he was dead. | Mr Smith's wife Paula had feared the worst after earlier reports claimed he was dead. |
| Mr Cruden, Mr Buchan and Mr Smith, who work for Sparrows, touched down at Aberdeen Airport on Monday morning. | |
| Mrs Smith said she was hysterical after she received an "unbelievable" phone call from her husband Paul. | Mrs Smith said she was hysterical after she received an "unbelievable" phone call from her husband Paul. |
| The union Amicus has issued advice to oil workers in the UK who may be planning to go to the region. | The union Amicus has issued advice to oil workers in the UK who may be planning to go to the region. |
| Regional officer Graham Tran said: "Think twice before you put yourself or your family through this ordeal. | Regional officer Graham Tran said: "Think twice before you put yourself or your family through this ordeal. |
| Expatriate workers | Expatriate workers |
| "Other militant groups, not just in Nigeria, will be looking at what's happened here. | "Other militant groups, not just in Nigeria, will be looking at what's happened here. |
| "It's time to sit back, focus, get the security aspects sorted out." | "It's time to sit back, focus, get the security aspects sorted out." |
| The men were taken hostage earlier this month when gunmen raided one of Exxon Mobil's residential compounds housing expatriate workers in the Niger Delta. | The men were taken hostage earlier this month when gunmen raided one of Exxon Mobil's residential compounds housing expatriate workers in the Niger Delta. |
| They were kidnapped along with another three oil workers from Romania, Malaysia and Indonesia. | They were kidnapped along with another three oil workers from Romania, Malaysia and Indonesia. |
| A number of Nigerian security guards were killed in the raid. | A number of Nigerian security guards were killed in the raid. |