According to our source, gunmen in
the Sagana waterways in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State today
kidnapped another five expatriate crew aboard an oil services support vessel,
MV City of Xiamen.
The Niger Delta Operation Pulo Shield, Joint
Task Force (JTF) said it has deployed gunboats to find the gunmen and their
victims: three Sri Lankans, a Russian and a Myanmarian.
But the spokesperson of JTF,
Lt.Colonel Oyenma Nwachukwu, said that the troops are on the trail of the armed
kidnappers, noting that they had engaged the troops in a shoot at
Adagbarasa/Itagbene in Warri North Local Government Area of the State. He said
the troops managed to repel and subdue the firepower of the militants and were
closing in on the gunmen.
The spokesperson said the JTF would
be engaged in a clean-up operation of the identified hide-outs of kidnappers
and pirates.
Last Thursday, nine employees of
Octopus Clan Nigerian Limited and Deck Oil Services were seized by unidentified
gunmen along the Ilebiri Creek in the Southern Ijaw Area of Bayelsa.
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