The
Bayelsa Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the Sunday attack on a foreign
vessel by suspected armed pirates along the coastal areas of Brass and Southern
Ijaw local councils of the state, with the kidnapping of six sailors on board
vessel.
Police sources also confirmed that the
kidnappers had made a ransom of $1.3 million ransom to effect their release.
The
attacked vessel identified as Armada Tuah operated
by the Lagos-based Century Group had a 15-member crew.
Though the position of the vessel could not
be confirmed as at the time of the attack, the police, according to the
company’s report, stated: “Three of those abducted are from Ukraine, two from
India, one from Russia.
“One of the kidnappers called to demand
N200 million (one million euros, $1.3 million).”
The state Police Public Relations Officer,
Mr. Fidelis Odunna, (DSP) confirmed the incident.
He said “We have deployed
intelligence personnel in search of the six workers as well as arrest the
kidnappers.”
Five Indian sailors it would be recalled were
also in December kidnapped in a pirate attack around Bayelsa waterways
and were later released.
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