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Nigeria: Gunmen free 5 Filipino captives-official Tue. October 14, 2008 02:10 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) A Nigerian official said on Monday that five Filipino seamen kidnapped in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta earlier in October have been released by their captors. The official said gunmen had boarded their vessel, the MV Aveiro, in the waters of Bonny and seized them at gunpoint on October 4. The sailors are "well and unharmed," said Foreign Undersecretary Esteban Conejos. "They are now in the care of the team from the Philippine embassy in Abuja dispatched to secure their safe release," Conejos said in a statement. "The Philippine government expresses its gratitude to the Nigerian government for the speedy resolution of this case," he said. He did not give details as to how the five were freed. Security sources initially said that six captives had been taken. The Philippines supplies a third of the world's seafarers and dozens of other Filipino crewmen remain captive by pirates off Somalia's coast.-AFP News Category: Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Somali pirates hijack second Stolt ship-of... Libya: 6 killed as gun battles break out in southeas... Nigeria: Militants threaten to renew "oil war" if a... Zimbabwe: Opposition chief Tsvangirai rejects SADC c... Philippine: Troops kill 10 Muslim rebels in the troub... Ivory Coast: Political leaders postpone November 3... Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwa... Nicaragua: Thousands riot after Nicaragua local elec... India negotiating a $1.5 -billion arms deal with Isra... Sudan, Chad restore full diplomatic ties, exchange e... More News...