PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - What's New In W. Africa (Nigeria)
View Single Post
Old 8th Nov 2010, 21:52
  #4204 (permalink)  
TomBola
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Afrika sometimes
Age: 68
Posts: 219
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Thumbs down

Update on the High Island VII attack:

4 speedboats approached the rig and 8 - 10 men from one boat boarded the rig via a ladder that had been left down (it's not clear if it had been left down intentionally), while the men in the other three boats maintained defensive positions. The gunmen rounded up the rig's crew on the lower deck and separated them into expats and Nigerians. It was during this period that the two men were shot. The hostages were taken away in 3 speedboats and the fourth remained under the helideck until just before sunrise when it also departed.

There has also been a kidnapping onshore in Akwa Ibom state. 2 Indonesians were taken from Efiak village in the early hours of this morning. During the kidnapping 2 people were shot and injured.
TomBola is offline