Six Workers including a Captain of Julius Berger Construction Company were attacked on a barge by Pirates in Bonga oilfield a coastline between Delta and Rivers State.
The workers were said to be going from Warri to Bonny Island en route to the Bonga oil field.
A relative of one of the victims disclosed this on Wednesday 24 to newsmen stating that it’s been over one week into the kidnapping, yet the company had not made a statement on the incident while also maintains that, the company seemed to trivialize the abduction of the Nigerian citizens.
It was gathered that the pirate demanded $1.5 million (N600 million) after reaching out to the company.
According to the statement of the relative who said, “I have a brother among those who were kidnapped. There were a captain and six other Julius Berger workers. The kidnappers after seven days have contacted the construction company demanding $1.5 million.
“The company seems to be taking the ordeal of the Nigerian workers with levity as the victims continue to suffer in the den of the sea pirates. My bother and other workers were going from Warri to Bonny Island en route to the Bonga oil field when the incident happened last week Monday,” he narrated.
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