Ottawa, 30 April-(ANA)-A Canadian woman kidnapped two weeks ago in northern Nigeria has been released, Canadian officials have said.
Julie Mulligan, 45, was on a cultural exchange with the charity Rotary International when she was seized from a car by gunmen in Kaduna on 16 April.
A spokesman for the Canadian Foreign Ministry said she was healthy and with embassy officials.
On Wednesday, the police at first said she had been released, before later saying she was still being held.
"We are greatly relieved to confirm that Ms Mulligan has been released and is now safe with Canadian officials. We are making sure that she receives consular assistance and is able to be reunited with her family as soon as possible," Alain Cacchione, a spokesman with Canada's Foreign Affairs Department, said in an e-mailed statement. (ANA)
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