Employer Oil Firm Announces Names Of Kidnapped Turkish Engineers

ANKARA - Names of two Turkish engineers, kidnapped in Nigeria, are Ilker Izci and Murat Orhan, said Turkey's Merpa Company executives, employer of engineers.
Turkish engineers were working in Nigeria for a project of Merpa, partner of Italian oil company AGIP.
Earlier today, Nigerian police said gunmen kidnapped two Turkish engineers from their car in Port Harcourt in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta.
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Turkish Embassy in Nigerian capital Abuja stepped in after news reports regarding kidnapping of two Turkish engineers.
Diplomatic sources said today kidnappings occurred at a region where oil companies densely located and these kinds of incidents are common in the region.
Turkish engineers are believed to be kidnapped for ransom, sources said.