US missionary kidnapped in Nigeria has been freed, church says
By REUTERS
SEATTLE - An American missionary who was kidnapped in central Nigeria in February has been safely released to authorities and church leaders, her Free Methodist Church said in a statement on Friday.Reverend Phyllis Sortor, a Free Methodist missionary to Nigeria, was safely released in Nigeria on Friday evening local time into the care of authorities and church leaders, the church said. She had been abducted Feb. 23.Two launches from Rafah intercepted in Kerem Shalom area