Nigeria ? Nigerian gunmen have released a British toddler, days after she was kidnapped in the country’s oil-rich south.

Margaret Hill, 3, has been reunited with her parents, state government spokesman Emmanuel Okah said Sunday.

Her British father, Mike Hill, told Sky News by telephone Sunday that no ransom was paid and attributed her release to pressure from Nigerian security services.

“I don’t think she’s had very much to eat because she’s hungry now,” he said. “She’s covered in mosquito bites.”

Gunmen seized Margaret while the car taking her to school idled in traffic Thursday in Port Harcourt, an oil industry center.

Her father has lived in Nigeria for years and works in the energy industry. He also runs a popular nightspot in Port Harcourt.