Militants free oil worker

Nigerian militants freed a Belarusian oil worker, the Belapan news wire service reported on Thursday.

Irina Ekpo-Umo, aged 48, was being treated for a leg injury at an unidentified Niger Delta hospital, but was expected to recover fully, co-workers said.

Gunman kidnapped Ekpo-Umo as she was driving home from work on May 5 in the coastal city Port Harcourt, in the heart of Nigeria’s oil-producing region.