CEOAFRICA.com gathered from Libya that the country’s Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, whose abduction was announced few hours ago, has regained his freedom.

Disclosing this, the country’s Foreign Minister, Mohammed Abdelaziz said the details of his release is yet unknown.

Moments before news broke of Zeidan’s release, Deputy Prime Minister Al-Seddik Abdelkarim had vowed that the government would not give into the demands of the perpetrators of a “criminal act.”

“The government will not give in to blackmail by anyone,” he said.

The pre-dawn seizure of Zeidan came five days after United States commandos embarrassed and angered Libya’s government by capturing senior Al-Qaeda suspect Abu Anas al-Libi off the streets of Tripoli and took him away on a warship.

A source in the premier’s office said Zeidan had been taken by gunmen from Tripoli’s Corinthia Hotel, where he resides. A hotel employee confirmed a pre-dawn raid by “a large number of armed men.”

The cabinet met in emergency session earlier in the morning.