An Israeli man who worked as a consultant in Nigeria was kidnapped and held for five days, the Ynet news website reports. The man, who is in his 70s, was released after his company negotiated a ransom with the abductors.
The man — whose name has not been released — failed to show up to the airport several days ago. The kidnappers contacted his employers several hours after the abduction and demanded $500,000 for his release. The final sum paid remains unknown.
The company contacted the Israeli embassy, and an Israeli security officer was involved in the ransom negotiations, the report says.
The man was freed mostly unharmed, and says the kidnappers mostly treated him well — giving him food and medications — but beat him twice.
He has since left Nigeria, the report says.
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