Mr. Maguire refutes MEND advocate claim as stated by Militants

Militant group MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) finally released oil worker Mathew Maguire of from the UK who’s been held hostage by the militants since September.

Upon his release, he shared some of his experience of the ordeal with the BBC and this is what he had to say:

"It was... very hard and I had bad moments when I didn't think I'd get out."

"It was ups and downs," Mr Maguire said. "Sometimes they wanted to be friendly and then not so friendly.

"One minute we were going to be released and the next minute we weren't. It was hard, very hard and I had bad moments when I didn't think I'd get out."

"The villagers themselves aren't bad people - they are good people and I'd like to thank them."

Here’s what he had to say about the MEND letter stating that Mr. Maguire had declined to leave because he wanted to stay and help their cause.

"I've always wanted to go home. I was missing my wife and kids, so that's not true."

BBC

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