Nigeria, April 4 -- Nigerian security forces have rescued an Israeli national from kidnappers in Taraba State.

The state police command's public relations officer, James Saminu, confirmed this in a statement issued on Friday.

He said Gil Itamar, an employee of a construction company SCC, was kidnapped on Thursday morning in Atim, a community lying along the Takum-Chanchanji road.

"Information was received via a phone call from one Alhaji Saidu, a staff member of SCC in Takum, that at about 09:15 hours on the same date, Mr Gil Itamar, an Israeli national and SCC employee, was kidnapped by armed hoodlums at Atim Community along the Takum-Chanchanji road while under military escort.

"Upon receiving the distress call, the Divisional Polic...