Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06LAGOS1458
2006-12-29 15:41:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:
EXPATS REMAIN CAPTIVE, NIGERIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 001458
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: 12/29/2016
TAGS: EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
SUBJECT: EXPATS REMAIN CAPTIVE, NIGERIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED
REF: A. LAGOS 1427 B. LAGOS 1447
Classified By: Consul Alan Latimer for Reasons 1.4 (B,D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 001458
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: 12/29/2016
TAGS: EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
SUBJECT: EXPATS REMAIN CAPTIVE, NIGERIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED
REF: A. LAGOS 1427 B. LAGOS 1447
Classified By: Consul Alan Latimer for Reasons 1.4 (B,D)
1. (C) Summary: Four expatriate Agip employees taken hostage
December 7 in Bayelsa State near Agip's Brass tank farm
remain in captivity. Shell confirmed the December 24 release
of four Nigerian employees seized from a Nun River facility
December 14. Agip employees taken hostage in a second
incident on December 21 at the company's Tebidaba flow
station were released on December 26. No Americans were
involved in these incidents. End Summary.
AGIP: FOUR EXPATS REMAIN CAPTIVE
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2. (C) Four expatriate workers, three Italian and one
Lebanese, taken hostage on December 7 from a residential
facility near Agip's Brass tank farm remain in captivity as
of midnight December 28, according to Akin Aruwajoye, Agip's
Managing Director. Agip's President spoke with President
Obasanjo to urge continued negotiations and received
assurances that force would not be used in obtaining the
captives' release, according to Fidelis Anju, Agip's General
Manager for Public Affairs.
SHELL: REMAINING NUN RIVER HOSTAGES RELEASED
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3. (SBU) Three security guards and a contractor seized from
Shell's Nun River facility on December 14 were released
December 24, after negotiations by the Bayelsa State
Government, according to Olav Lijosne, Regional External
Affairs Manager for Shell.
AGIP: TEBIDABA FLOW STATION SEIGE ENDED
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4. (SBU) Hostages being held at Agip's Tebidaba flow station
following a December 21 attack were released December 26,
Anju confirmed. The siege ended as a result of negotiations
by the Bayelsa State Government. Anju said damage to the
flow station is being assessed prior to re-opening the
station.
5. (C) Four persons claiming to have escaped from the
Tebidaba flow station may be local guards who escaped just
before the siege ended, but are not Agip employees, Aruwajoye
told Pol/Econ Chief December 29. (Note: International and
Nigerian press alike have reported on the escape, presenting
conflicting details. End Note.)
6. (U) No American citizens were involved in these incidents.
BROWNE
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: 12/29/2016
TAGS: EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
SUBJECT: EXPATS REMAIN CAPTIVE, NIGERIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED
REF: A. LAGOS 1427 B. LAGOS 1447
Classified By: Consul Alan Latimer for Reasons 1.4 (B,D)
1. (C) Summary: Four expatriate Agip employees taken hostage
December 7 in Bayelsa State near Agip's Brass tank farm
remain in captivity. Shell confirmed the December 24 release
of four Nigerian employees seized from a Nun River facility
December 14. Agip employees taken hostage in a second
incident on December 21 at the company's Tebidaba flow
station were released on December 26. No Americans were
involved in these incidents. End Summary.
AGIP: FOUR EXPATS REMAIN CAPTIVE
--------------
2. (C) Four expatriate workers, three Italian and one
Lebanese, taken hostage on December 7 from a residential
facility near Agip's Brass tank farm remain in captivity as
of midnight December 28, according to Akin Aruwajoye, Agip's
Managing Director. Agip's President spoke with President
Obasanjo to urge continued negotiations and received
assurances that force would not be used in obtaining the
captives' release, according to Fidelis Anju, Agip's General
Manager for Public Affairs.
SHELL: REMAINING NUN RIVER HOSTAGES RELEASED
--------------
3. (SBU) Three security guards and a contractor seized from
Shell's Nun River facility on December 14 were released
December 24, after negotiations by the Bayelsa State
Government, according to Olav Lijosne, Regional External
Affairs Manager for Shell.
AGIP: TEBIDABA FLOW STATION SEIGE ENDED
--------------
4. (SBU) Hostages being held at Agip's Tebidaba flow station
following a December 21 attack were released December 26,
Anju confirmed. The siege ended as a result of negotiations
by the Bayelsa State Government. Anju said damage to the
flow station is being assessed prior to re-opening the
station.
5. (C) Four persons claiming to have escaped from the
Tebidaba flow station may be local guards who escaped just
before the siege ended, but are not Agip employees, Aruwajoye
told Pol/Econ Chief December 29. (Note: International and
Nigerian press alike have reported on the escape, presenting
conflicting details. End Note.)
6. (U) No American citizens were involved in these incidents.
BROWNE