According to report from Tripoli, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has disclosed that his short abduction earlier in the week, was an attempted coup.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that the Prime Minister said this while addressing the nation, adding that a political party in the congress was behind the abduction.

He acknowledged that efforts of the military that came to rescue him and later implore that citizens should embrace peace.

"A political party was behind this criminal and terrorist act. When they failed to bring down the government through democratic means, they resorted to the use of force," he added.

It would be recalled that Ali Zeidan was seized from a Tripoli hotel on Thursday and held for several hours by armed militiamen.

The US, UK and France, along with the UN, have condemned the abduction and pledged their support for Libya's transition to democracy.