WARSAW/ABUJA, Oct 29 (Reuters)– Pirates boarded a container ship off the shore of Nigeria, confiscating 11 staff consisting of 8 from Poland, the vessel’s monitoring company as well as Polish state media reported.

The assaulters struck the MV Pomerania Sky, bound for the Nigerian port of Onne, at an early stage Saturday as well as abducted 11 of the staff, Midocean (IOM) Ltd claimed in a declaration onSunday The company included that 9 others stayed aboard as well as were unhurt.

“Our priority is securing the earliest release of the 11 crew who have been taken and we are working closely with our partners and the local authorities to achieve that,” Midocean claimed.

“The families of those crew members taken are being kept informed of the situation,” claimed the firm. It included the vessel had actually continued to risk-free waters.

A Nigerian navy representative claimed they had actually started an examination as well as search as well as rescue procedure as quickly as the case was reported, as well as would certainly give an upgrade quickly.

Midocean decreased to state where the abducted staff participants were from, however Polish state media, pointing out Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, claimed 8 of them were from Poland.

The race of the 3 various other abducted staff participants was not quickly clear.

Kidnappings as well as piracy in Nigeria as well as the Gulf of Guinea prevail. (Reporting by Marcin Goclowski in Warsaw as well as Paul Carsten in Abuja, Additional coverage by Camillus Eboh in Abuja, Editing by William Maclean)

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