January 28, 2012 — LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.

U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press on Friday that the man had been released after being kidnapped in Warri in Delta state on Jan. 20. MacLean declined to offer any other details, citing privacy rules. Delta state police spokesman Charles Muka said he had not been informed about the man's release, as his company refused to cooperate with local authorities.

The freed hostage was identified as William Gregory Ock, 50, of Bowdon, Georgia, by his sister, Dee Dee Patterson. Patterson told the AP on Friday that the family had no details of his release. "The only thing we know is that he is safe and he is in a secure location," Patterson said by telephone.

She had no information on when Ock would return home to Georgia. It was not immediately clear whether a ransom had been paid to secure his release, though many companies working in the region carry kidnap insurance and simply pay a negotiated price to see their employees freed. Kidnappers had made contact with authorities previously and demanded a $333,000 ransom.

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Why all this Niger delta boys dey destroy our country. The Oil wen dem dey loot never reach them. God have mercy on us.

Kidnap insurance, LoooooL

Local illiterate UGLY MOFOs that would never use their brains to work hard.
Oil na dem birthright.
Useless animals.
Boko Haram of Southern Nigeria.
Sheeeeeeeeeesh!

You bet your sweet azzzzes the Nigerian government paid that ransome, not the US.