Contact has been made between the Maltese oil worker kidnapped in Nigeria and his employer Lonestar, the government announced this afternoon.

The worker, 62-year-old George Scerri of Birkirkara, was kidnapped on Friday while driving to an oil rig with a Pakistani colleague.

This was the first confirmation that he is still alive.

The government said Foreign Minister Tonio Borg was in direct contact with the Nigerian government and Lonestar as efforts continue to secure the worker’s release.

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