Mercenary Nick du Toit has told how he was threatened with death by an adviser to Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

The South African mercenaries jailed for their part in an Equatorial Guinea coup plot have arrived home, a security expert said on Friday.

Mercenary Nick du Toit, who has been freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea, has given President Jacob Zuma the credit for his release.