MOGADISHU. Apr 2 A Nigerian UN employee who was abducted by gunmen ear Iler this week returned to the UN compound here early today after escaping from his cap tors. .UN spokesman Eugene Forapn said, reports AFP

The fate of an American. Alfred Peters, who wss kid napped here Thursday by armed Somalis was still un known

Olajide Ogunaanya. a civilian working for the UN Operations in Somalia (UNOSOM) was abducted late Thursday by several Somali gunmen as he walked to his residence from a private function in the sou them wing of the UN com pound

Foraon said the Nigerian escaped late Friday through a window of a house tn which hr was being held Ogunsanya was given a lift by a Somali