Children of Oil Worker Kidnapped in P.H.

Gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two children of a Nigerian oil worker in Port Harcourt, the country's oil hub, the police said.Rivers state police spokesperson Rita Abbey said Chinonso and Uchechi Ajanaku were abducted on their way to school and taken to an unknown location.No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction, the latest in recent months.Oil-rich Nigeria has seen a spate of kidnappings of local and foreign workers and relatives of prominent politicians in the past two years, often by criminal gangs seeking a ransom, but sometimes also for political ends.