Russia’s Embassy in Nigeria on Feb. 8 said pirates had taken one Ukrainian and seven Russian sailors hostage in the territorial waters of Nigeria, according to Russian news agency TASS.
“The BBC Caribbean ship came under a pirate attack in the territorial waters of Nigeria,” the Russian embassy tweeted. “Seven Russian citizens and one Ukrainian citizen have been abducted from the ship. The Russian embassy has asked the Nigerian authorities to assist in establishing the whereabouts of the abductees,” TASS said.
