Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07LAGOS61
2007-01-30 15:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:
SITREP #4: PROOF OF LIFE SOUGHT FOR THIRD PIVOT
VZCZCXRO2653 PP RUEHPA DE RUEHOS #0061 0301551 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 301551Z JAN 07 FM AMCONSUL LAGOS TO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHUJA/AMEMBASSY ABUJA PRIORITY 8262 RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8429 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0083 RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW 0107 RUEHCD/AMCONSUL CIUDAD JUAREZ 0085 RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL 0092 RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO 0106 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 000061
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DOE FOR GPERSON, CGAY
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: DECL: 01/26/2016
TAGS: EPET ENERG CASC ASEC PTER NI
SUBJECT: SITREP #4: PROOF OF LIFE SOUGHT FOR THIRD PIVOT
HOSTAGE
Classified By: Consul General Brian Browne for Reasons 1.4 (B,D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 000061
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DOE FOR GPERSON, CGAY
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: DECL: 01/26/2016
TAGS: EPET ENERG CASC ASEC PTER NI
SUBJECT: SITREP #4: PROOF OF LIFE SOUGHT FOR THIRD PIVOT
HOSTAGE
Classified By: Consul General Brian Browne for Reasons 1.4 (B,D)
1. (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met January 26.
There had been no contact with the hostages in the last 24
hours. A third hostage, Ezekial Akwa, a Nigerian national
employed as a driver by Pivot, has not been mentioned by
either the kidnappers or the hostages in conversations; proof
of life for the driver is being sought. Three members of the
committee were scheduled to travel to Port Harcourt to meet
the Director of the State Security Service (SSS) Alhaji Kola
Adeshina, meet the families of the victims, and brief staff
at Pivot. The committee members planned to talk with the SSS
Director about getting supplies and medicine to the hostages,
as well as to present formal proof of life questions.
BROWNE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DOE FOR GPERSON, CGAY
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: DECL: 01/26/2016
TAGS: EPET ENERG CASC ASEC PTER NI
SUBJECT: SITREP #4: PROOF OF LIFE SOUGHT FOR THIRD PIVOT
HOSTAGE
Classified By: Consul General Brian Browne for Reasons 1.4 (B,D)
1. (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met January 26.
There had been no contact with the hostages in the last 24
hours. A third hostage, Ezekial Akwa, a Nigerian national
employed as a driver by Pivot, has not been mentioned by
either the kidnappers or the hostages in conversations; proof
of life for the driver is being sought. Three members of the
committee were scheduled to travel to Port Harcourt to meet
the Director of the State Security Service (SSS) Alhaji Kola
Adeshina, meet the families of the victims, and brief staff
at Pivot. The committee members planned to talk with the SSS
Director about getting supplies and medicine to the hostages,
as well as to present formal proof of life questions.
BROWNE