
Pirates Release Crew Kidnapped from Containership Off Nigeria in October
Pirates abducted all 11 team, consisting of 8 Polish nationals, from the Pomerenia Sky on October 28 as the ship was bound for the Nigerian port ofOnne
WARSAW, Dec 18 (Reuters)– All of the team abducted by pirates from a container ship off the shore of Nigeria in October, consisting of 8 Polish nationals, are secure as well as will certainly be rejoined with their households, Poland’s Foreign Ministry claimed in a declaration onTuesday
“We would like to thank the shipowner, its co-workers and advisers for their professional handling of this difficult matter. We are grateful also to the Nigerian authorities,” the declaration claimed.
The aggressors targeted the MV Pomerenia Sky, a container ship possessed by Midocean (IOM) Ltd as well as gone to the Nigerian port of Onne, in October.
Kidnappings prevail in Nigeria as well as the Gulf ofGuinea The Polish Foreign Ministry claimed it was the 5th kidnapping of Poles there because 2013.
(Reporting by Joanna Plucinska)
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