PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigerian gunmen have released a British toddler who was kidnapped in the country's oil-rich south, a regional official said Sunday.
Margaret Hill, 3, has been reunited with her parents, state government spokes-man Emmanuel Okah said.
Gunmen seized Margaret while the car taking her to school idled in traffic Thursday.
Her Nigerian mother, Oluchi Hill, had previously said the abductors had contacted her and demanded an unspecified ransom for the child's release. She also said her daughter was being fed only bread and water, and that the gunmen threatened to kill her if the parents did not meet their demands -- including one that the father take his daughter's place.
Her British father, Mike Hill, has lived in Nigeria for years and works in the energy industry. He also runs a popular nightspot in Port Harcourt.
