Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07LAGOS279
2007-04-18 14:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:
NIGER DELTA: SIX EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGES; NO
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UNCLAS LAGOS 000279
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W, INR/AA, DS/IP/AF, DS/ICI/PII, DS/DSS/OSAC
WARSAW FOR LISA PIASCIK
CIUDAD JUAREZ FOR DONNA BLAIR
ISTANBUL FOR TASHAWNA SMITH
SAO PAULO FOR ANDREW WITHERSPOON
DOE FOR GPERSON, CAROLYN GAY
TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS, SRENENDER, DFIELDS
COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS
STATE PASS USTR FOR ASST USTR FLISER
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: N/A
TAGS: ASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
SUBJECT: NIGER DELTA: SIX EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGES; NO
AMCITS INVOLVED
UNCLAS LAGOS 000279
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W, INR/AA, DS/IP/AF, DS/ICI/PII, DS/DSS/OSAC
WARSAW FOR LISA PIASCIK
CIUDAD JUAREZ FOR DONNA BLAIR
ISTANBUL FOR TASHAWNA SMITH
SAO PAULO FOR ANDREW WITHERSPOON
DOE FOR GPERSON, CAROLYN GAY
TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS, SRENENDER, DFIELDS
COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS
STATE PASS USTR FOR ASST USTR FLISER
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: N/A
TAGS: ASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
SUBJECT: NIGER DELTA: SIX EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGES; NO
AMCITS INVOLVED
1. Warri police confirmed to security sources that two
Indian employees working for Delta Steel Company were
abducted on April 16 near Warri, Delta state.
2. Two Turkish nationals working for Merpa, contracted to
the Italian oil major Agip, remain hostages after being
abducted from their vehicle in Port Harcourt, Rivers state,
on April 6.
3. Two Chinese nationals working at a motorcycle assembly
plant in Nnewi, Anambra state, in south-east Nigeria, were
kidnapped on March 18. They remain hostages.
4. Open sources report between two and seven Nigerians are
hostages; some were kidnapped with expatriates while others
were taken in separate incidents.
BROWNE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W, INR/AA, DS/IP/AF, DS/ICI/PII, DS/DSS/OSAC
WARSAW FOR LISA PIASCIK
CIUDAD JUAREZ FOR DONNA BLAIR
ISTANBUL FOR TASHAWNA SMITH
SAO PAULO FOR ANDREW WITHERSPOON
DOE FOR GPERSON, CAROLYN GAY
TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS, SRENENDER, DFIELDS
COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS
STATE PASS USTR FOR ASST USTR FLISER
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: N/A
TAGS: ASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
SUBJECT: NIGER DELTA: SIX EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGES; NO
AMCITS INVOLVED
1. Warri police confirmed to security sources that two
Indian employees working for Delta Steel Company were
abducted on April 16 near Warri, Delta state.
2. Two Turkish nationals working for Merpa, contracted to
the Italian oil major Agip, remain hostages after being
abducted from their vehicle in Port Harcourt, Rivers state,
on April 6.
3. Two Chinese nationals working at a motorcycle assembly
plant in Nnewi, Anambra state, in south-east Nigeria, were
kidnapped on March 18. They remain hostages.
4. Open sources report between two and seven Nigerians are
hostages; some were kidnapped with expatriates while others
were taken in separate incidents.
BROWNE