Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06LAGOS1427
2006-12-15 13:46:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:  

ALL BUT THREE SHELL NIGERIAN EMPLOYEES RELEASED;

Tags:  EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI 
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FM AMCONSUL LAGOS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8285
RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHUJA/AMEMBASSY ABUJA PRIORITY 8125
INFO RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH AFB UK
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 001427 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DOE FOR GPERSON, CGAY
TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS, SRENENDER, DFIELDS
COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS
STATE PASS USTR FOR ASST USTR SLISER
STATE PASS TRANSPORTATION FOR MARAD
STATE PASS OPIC FOR ZHAN AND MSTUCKART
STATE PASS TDA FOR NCABOT
STATE PASS EXIM FOR JRICHTER
STATE PASS USAID FOR GWEYNAND AND SLAWAETZ

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2016
TAGS: EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
SUBJECT: ALL BUT THREE SHELL NIGERIAN EMPLOYEES RELEASED;
AGIP EXPATRIATES STILL HELD

REF: A. LAGOS 1416


B. LAGOS 1408

Classified By: Consul General Brian Browne for Reasons 1.4 (B,D)

All But Three Shell Employees Released
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 001427

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DOE FOR GPERSON, CGAY
TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS, SRENENDER, DFIELDS
COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS
STATE PASS USTR FOR ASST USTR SLISER
STATE PASS TRANSPORTATION FOR MARAD
STATE PASS OPIC FOR ZHAN AND MSTUCKART
STATE PASS TDA FOR NCABOT
STATE PASS EXIM FOR JRICHTER
STATE PASS USAID FOR GWEYNAND AND SLAWAETZ

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2016
TAGS: EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
SUBJECT: ALL BUT THREE SHELL NIGERIAN EMPLOYEES RELEASED;
AGIP EXPATRIATES STILL HELD

REF: A. LAGOS 1416


B. LAGOS 1408

Classified By: Consul General Brian Browne for Reasons 1.4 (B,D)

All But Three Shell Employees Released
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1. (C) Gunmen attacked a Shell flowstation on the Nun River
in Bayelsa State on December 14. The attackers took control
of the flowstation, holding 40 Nigerian military personnel
and Nigerian employees of Shell hostage throughout the
evening of December 14; no American citizens or other
expatriates were involved in the incident, according to Olav
Lijosne, Regional External Affairs Manager for Shell. By the
morning of December 15, all but three of the forty hostages
had been released; the identities and nationalities of the
three remaining hostages are not known, Lijosne said. The
Bayelsa government is engaged in negotiations to secure the
release of the remaining hostages.

Four Agip Expatriates Still Held
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2. (C) Four expatriate employees of Agip, three Italian and
one Lebanese worker, taken on December 7 remain in captivity,
according to Fidelis Anju, Agip's General Manager for Public
Affairs. The hostages have been split into groups of two.
An official of the Bayelsa State Government who is engaged in
negotiations with the hostage-takers saw one group. The
hostages are being moved frequently between Rivers, Bayelsa
and Delta States, Anju said. The Bayelsa Government
officials engaged in the negotiations know who the
hostage-takers are, Anju said. The hostage-takers have not
made specific demands to Agip, Anju said.




BROWNE