The director general of the Department of Immigrants at the Foreign Affairs Ministry Haitham Jomaa announced Friday the Lebanese businessman who was kidnapped Wednesday in Nigeria has been released.
Jomaa identified the Lebanese expatriate as Elias Sarkis and said the motive behind the kidnapping was related to family conflicts rather than part of organized crime.
He also said that Lebanon’s Consul to Nigeria Shawqi Abu Naser had informed him of the release and that Sarkis was in good condition.