9 South Korean workers in Nigeria freed

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nine South Korean pipeline workers and a Nigerian kidnapped in southern Nigeria were released Friday with the help of a youth group in the restive oil region, the regional government said.

No ransom was paid in the freeing of the 10, who were taken hostage Wednesday, the government of Bayelsa state said.

In a statement, Goodluck Jonathan, the Bayelsa governor who is also Nigeria’s ruling party vice-presidential candidate in April elections, said the “state vigilante outfit Bayelsa Volunteers”