London - The released hostage Mr John Brooke said yesterday that he was well treated by the Yemeni tribesmen who kidnapped him but he would never return to the desert republic.
Returning to Britain for a reunion with his wife, Kathy, Mr Brooke would not go into any details about his release or whether a ransom had been paid by his oil company employers or the Yemeni government. "I was treated very well after the initial confrontation," he told reporters.
Mr Brooke, who had worked for 12 years in Yemen, said he was seized by nine armed tribesmen who kept moving him from one hideout to another in the desert every six or seven hours.