LAGOS, Feb 8 (Reuters)– Pirates have actually abducted 7 Russians and also one Ukrainian after assaulting the freight ship the BBC Caribbean off the coastline of Nigeria, the Russian consular office claimed on its authorities Twitter account.

The consular office has actually asked Nigerian authorities to help in finding the abducted individuals, it claimed late on Tuesday.

The Nigerian navy and also cops were not quickly offered for remark.

The basic freight vessel BBC Caribbean is handled by Briese Schiffahrts.

“The armed pirates approached (the vessel) in a boat, captured the crew and left on the boat at the direction of the Nigerian shores,” claimed Pavel Fedulov, the supervisor of a Briese Schiffahrts subsidiary in St Petersburg, according to Russian information organisation RBC.

No weapons were made use of throughout the strike, he was estimated as stating.

@RusEmbNigeria are preserving calls with Nigerian authorities to free Russian seafarers caught in #Nigeria https://t.co/nk8EeExPdA pic.twitter.com/mseBfwtuWH

— MFA Russia?? (@mfa_russia) February 8, 2017

Security professionals course West Africa’s waters, specifically off Nigeria where a lot of the pirates come from, as several of the globe’s most hazardous, with aggressors frequently targeting oil vessels in addition to captives to ransom money.

As oil costs have actually gone down, pirate gangs have actually required to snatching team for ransom money as a means to make even more cash.

Security experts claim the pirates have actually arised from militant teams in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta.

The Nigerian navy on Wednesday saved an oil vessel, the MT Gaz Providence, and also its 21 team participants from a different pirate strike near Bonny Island, the navy claimed in a declaration.

Another strike was additionally warded off by the navy south of Akassa in Delta state, where pirates two times attempted to pirate the oil vessel MT Rio Spirit, the navy claimed.

The declaration did not resolve the kidnapping of the team participants of BBCCaribbean (Reporting by Angela Ukomadu; Additional coverage by Tife Owalabi in Yenagoa, Ulf Laessing in Lagos and also Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow; Writing by Paul Carsten; Editing by Alison Williams)

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