Wife nabbed in Nigeria kidnapping

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The wife of a prominent Nigerian ruling party politician has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt in the southern oil-rich Niger Delta region, police say

Militants attacked the home of Lulu Briggs abducting his wife Seinye and shooting his daughter in the hand.

A police spokesman said a security guard was killed in the overnight raid.

Militants wanting a greater share of oil revenues often abduct foreigners and prominent Nigerians who are usually freed after a ransom is paid.

Military spokesman Major Musa Sagir told AFP news agency that a number of militants were wounded in the attack.

The instability and violence in the region over the past four years has led to a significant drop in oil exports.

Correspondents says most people in the Niger Delta live in poverty, the consequence of endemic government corruption.