OKRIKA DAEWOO FACILITY ATTACKED: NO FATALITIES

UNCLAS LAGOS 000136 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE PASS DOE FOR DAS JBRODMAN AND CGAY TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS AND SRENENDER COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS STATE PASS TRANSPORTATION FOR MARAD STATE PASS USAID FOR GWEYNAND AND SLAWAETZ STATE FOR DS/IP/AF, AF/EX, DS/IP/OPO, DS/ICI/PII, DS/DSS/ITA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR ETRD KS NI SUBJECT: OKRIKA DAEWOO FACILITY ATTACKED: NO FATALITIES REF: LAGOS 124 ¶1. (SBU) South-Korean Daewoo Construction facility in Okrika, Rivers State was attacked Saturday, January 28 at 0730 by approximately 30 armed men. Korean Embassy First Secretary Tok-won Lee spoke with Daewoo Managing Director to confirm there were no fatalities primarily because Daewoo's security guards fled the premises upon the robbers' approach. Two local employees sustained minor injuries, Lee said. According to Lee, the robbers escaped with over USD 200,000 (naira 26 million). He said the Nigerian police was investigating the case, but currently could not identify the culprits. Lee said Daewoo would reopen the Okrika facility in the next few days once it had bolstered the security contingent protecting the facility. BROWNE