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NIGERIA: Francis Collomp French hostage kidnapped in Nigeria escaped

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The French hostage Francis Collomp is free. President Francois Hollande announced Sunday, November 17, via a press release, the release of the engineer of 64 years, held hostage in Nigeria since December 19, 2012 by Ansaru Islamist group linked to Boko Haram. The Head of State then stated that the hostage had escaped: he "is released," he has said .

According to a source close to the French, quoted by AFP, Francis Collomp would have benefited from an operation carried out by the Nigerian army against his captors, for s & rsquo , escape. "The cell door was not closed," said Julie Vandal, RFI correspondent for FRANCE 24.Ā "After escaping, he ran and took a motorcycle taxi that took him to the central police station in Kaduna, where he is now." ..... ...

In the publication of the Elysee, the Head of State expressed "his gratitude to the authorities of Nigeria [...] to the decisive action that e ty theirs "and informs us that" Fabius asked to immediately go to Nigeria to host Francis Collomp ".

"This long-awaited new does not make us forget that seven of our compatriots are still being held hostage in Syria, Mali and Nigeria.Ā France will continue to work tirelessly for their freedom, "reads the statement also read.

"It is the joy"

Surrounded by his family and porches, Collomp Anne-Marie, the wife of former hostage, improvised press conference in front of his building, the town of Port, The Re ; union. "I was speechless, I did not realize is joy," is she pleased with the AFP.

Brother Francis Collomp expressed, for his part, his "immense relief". "I learned of this from the mouth of the president who called me from his plane bound for Israel," he told AFP. "I'm not expecting it at all, especially qu'Ansaru has never released a hostage.Ā But we always hope, "continued the brother of the hostage, who lives near Aix-en-Provence.

The Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru was released in September a video of French. In this paper three minutes posted on the Internet and identified by the U.S. network monitoring Islamist websites, the French will read a statement.

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