Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06LAGOS318
2006-03-01 20:31:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:
NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 000318
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
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: DECL: 02/28/2016
TAGS: EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14
REF: LAGOS 317 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Acting Pol/Econ Chief Shannon Ross
for reasons 1.4 (D/E).
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Six Hostages Released;2 Amcits, 1 Brit Still Held Hostage
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 000318
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
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: DECL: 02/28/2016
TAGS: EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14
REF: LAGOS 317 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Acting Pol/Econ Chief Shannon Ross
for reasons 1.4 (D/E).
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Six Hostages Released;2 Amcits, 1 Brit Still Held Hostage
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1. (C) Five other hostages were released this evening to
foreign journalists, and are currently at Delta State
Governor Ibori's Warri lodge. AmCits Russell Spell and Cody
Oswalt, along with Briton John Hudspith have not been
released. Shell has made arrangements for them to stay
overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri and to
transport all six of the released hostages to Lagos by a
Shell plane tomorrow.
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MEND List of Demands Extensive
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2. (C) An unconfirmed list of demands from the Movement for
the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) was sent to Post
via Academic Associates Peaceworks Director Judy Asuni. The
various demands include: 1) the immediate release of Asari
Dokubo, Diapreye Alamieyeseigha, Ebitimi Banigo, and Joshua
Macalva, 2) resignation of Petroleum Resources Minister
Edmund Daukoru and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) Managing Director Funso Kupolokun, 3) disbandment of
the Joint Task Force code named Operation Restore Hope, 4)
rural development of the Niger Delta communities, and 5)
greater participation of Ijaws in the oil and gas industry.
The demands are much more extensive than those made
previously.
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MEND Threatens Attack on Oil Industry
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3. (SBU) Meanwhile, through the international media, MEND
released additional threats against the Nigerian oil industry
and said they would concentrate its resources on a "huge
crippling blow," and claimed they would strike "to ensure the
total discontinuation of export of onshore crude oil."
HOWE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
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: DECL: 02/28/2016
TAGS: EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14
REF: LAGOS 317 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Acting Pol/Econ Chief Shannon Ross
for reasons 1.4 (D/E).
-------------- --------------
Six Hostages Released;2 Amcits, 1 Brit Still Held Hostage
-------------- --------------
1. (C) Five other hostages were released this evening to
foreign journalists, and are currently at Delta State
Governor Ibori's Warri lodge. AmCits Russell Spell and Cody
Oswalt, along with Briton John Hudspith have not been
released. Shell has made arrangements for them to stay
overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri and to
transport all six of the released hostages to Lagos by a
Shell plane tomorrow.
--------------
MEND List of Demands Extensive
--------------
2. (C) An unconfirmed list of demands from the Movement for
the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) was sent to Post
via Academic Associates Peaceworks Director Judy Asuni. The
various demands include: 1) the immediate release of Asari
Dokubo, Diapreye Alamieyeseigha, Ebitimi Banigo, and Joshua
Macalva, 2) resignation of Petroleum Resources Minister
Edmund Daukoru and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) Managing Director Funso Kupolokun, 3) disbandment of
the Joint Task Force code named Operation Restore Hope, 4)
rural development of the Niger Delta communities, and 5)
greater participation of Ijaws in the oil and gas industry.
The demands are much more extensive than those made
previously.
--------------
MEND Threatens Attack on Oil Industry
--------------
3. (SBU) Meanwhile, through the international media, MEND
released additional threats against the Nigerian oil industry
and said they would concentrate its resources on a "huge
crippling blow," and claimed they would strike "to ensure the
total discontinuation of export of onshore crude oil."
HOWE