The two Indian engineers abducted in Nigeria are safe and may be released soon, the wife of one of them said on Sunday.

Lata Kakoty, the wife of kidnapped 32-year-old fire engineer Debashish Kakoty, told PTI from Port Harcourt in Nigeria that her husband's employer, oil exploration company Indorama, had been contacted by the abductors who said the men were safe.

"Officials of the company spoke to my husband a few hours ago today and they told me both men are safe and are likely to be released soon, maybe tomorrow," Lata said.

Indorama's officials did not give her details about the kidnappers or say whether any ransom was being paid for the release of the men, she said.

Kakoty, who hails from Sivasagar town in Assam, and Sunil Dave of Maharashtra were abducted from their residential quarters in Port Harcourt on Saturday morning.

Lata said Kakoty was dragged out of bed by the kidnappers.