9ja Ninja's Blog: Nigerian Firm Pays N88million Ransom To Free Kidnapped Greek Crew

$400,000 (about N88million), was reportedly paid as ransom to secure the release of three seafarers kidnapped from the Greek VLCC Kalamos, off Nigeria’s coast on February 3.

The seafarers, two Greeks and a Pakistani, were taken hostage three weeks ago off the coast of Nigeria in a bloody attack on the Greek oil tanker. Aeolos Management, owner of the Maltese-flagged VLCC Kalamos, said in a statement recently that pending medical examinations, the three men would be flown home to recover from their “traumatic experience.”

The firm said that no details would be released on how the three men were freed since “this might encourage further attacks and hostage taking” off the coast of the oil-rich West African country.

It expressed “great sadness” over the death of the vessel’s chief officer in the February 3 attack in the Gulf of Guinea, which experts said is the new epicentre of piracy in Africa. The ship was anchored and awaiting cargo from Qua Iboe, an oil terminal in Nigeria’s south eastern region operated by US oil giant, ExxonMobil, for shipment to China, when it was boarded by the pirates.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Nigerian Firm Pays N88million Ransom To Free Kidnapped Greek Crew

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