PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - The Nigerian kidnappers of a three-year-old British girl have told her mother they wanted to swap the child for the father or they would kill her, the mother said on Friday.
Abductions for ransom are extremely frequent in southern Nigeria -- though children have rarely been targeted -- and in several past cases kidnappers have threatened to kill hostages.
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