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Nigerian group frees UK hostage. By. Dongmyung Lee History G Current Event. Who?. Robin Barry Hughes 59 years old, oil worker Kidnapped in September, 2008 Released after 6 months 26 more high Europeans Released after few months. Where?. Nigeria Workers are from England. When?.
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Nigerian group frees UK hostage By. Dongmyung Lee History G Current Event
Who? • Robin Barry Hughes • 59 years old, oil worker • Kidnapped in September, 2008 • Released after 6 months • 26 more high Europeans • Released after few months.
Where? • Nigeria • Workers are from England.
When? • They kidnapped 27 Europeans in September 2008 • 26 were release in Oct/Nov 2008 • Robin Barry Hughes was released April, 19.2009
What? • Militants in Nigeria kidnapped high value oil workers from Western Europe and North America. They did this because they were trying to force the government to share oil revenue • There would be more kidnaps of Europeans in Africa in 2009.
Why is it important? • It is important because people do crazy things (kidnapping) when they don’t have money and trying to earn money by doing bad things.
How? • This showed the intentions of countries during the war. Nations had a goal to win the war but when they knew that there was no hope in getting their goal, they gave up and let him free just like nations surrendered. • During Great Depression, people did not have any money so crimes were committed in order to earn money
Sources • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8006961.stm • http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigeria_Militants_kidnap_Italian/list_messages/24236