SOCIETY
IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF NIGERIA STOLEN TWO UKRAINIAN SEAMEN
As the Kiev-based correspondent of AZERTAC reports referring to the press-service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, on the night of August 9, in territorial waters of Nigeria from the board of the Norwegian vessel “Northern Comrade”, serving oil-extracting platforms, a group of unknown persons had stolen four members of crew: two citizens of Ukraine and two of Norway.
Abduction of seamen has occurred during attempt of malefactors to grasp the oil-extracting platform established on the Nigerian shelf.
The embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria is entrusted to undertake immediate measures with the purpose of release of the Ukrainian citizens.
The case is on the special control at the embassies of Ukraine in Nigeria and Norway, and also in the Consular Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.