Here in Nigeria there were rumors yesterday of another attack on Agip, but it was just a false alarm as a convoy of boats were approaching Agip jetty but security hadn't been informed.
There is still no news around about who abducted the expatriates from a bar in Port Harcourt on Sunday night, but there has been a phone call from an unknown caller demanding 50 million naira ransom for the Lebanese man abducted on the East West road near Yenegoa on Wednesday. A police station near Ahoada was attacked and three policemen murdered. This was again on the notorious East West road next to which CHC are planning to move their expatriates
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I think that all the expat pilots in Port Harcourt are now confined to camp except for trips to work or to catch flights from the international airport. This will become a lot more difficult as the word is that DNPO is closed as from 1800 tonight. The state of the runway and lighting has now become such a disgrace that the Air France crew last night refused to depart and the passengers spent a long time sitting waiting for daylight. Many of them had travelled to the airport early because of the security situation. It will be interesting to see if Owerri is now used as it's a long drive to Port Harcourt and although the runway is okay, the navaids there are frequently offline.
But it's all okay, because Nigeria is a tropical paradise
