Nigeria, April 28 -- The police in Enugu State, south-east Nigeria, say they have rescued a pregnant woman from kidnappers' captivity.

The police spokesperson in the state, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Mr Ndukwe, a deputy superintendent of police, said the victim, Chinwendu Igwe, was kidnapped at about 9:45 a.m. on 22 April along Eke-Egede Road in Udi Local Government Area of the state.

The police spokesperson said a preliminary investigation into the incident showed that the pregnant woman was on a journey by road with two of her children from Lagos to her paternal home in Egede, Udi LGA, without assistance despite knowing that she was within her expected period of delivery.

"She got to Ninth Mile around ...