Released: Bourbon crew in Nigeria
Hijacked Bourbon Leda released
The nine crew of the Bourbon Leda, a fast supply intervention vessel hijacked by Nigerian militants over the weekend, have been released, the French offshore services company said today.
Bourbon did not say how it obtained the release of the vessel, the Bourbon Leda, and its crew - five Nigerians, two Ghanaians, one Cameroonian and one Indonesian.
"Bourbon announces that the Bourbon Leda vessel and its nine crew members, captured off the coast of Nigeria in the night of Saturday to Sunday, have been freed. All nine crew members are in good health," the company said in a statement.
Bourbon thanked Nigerian authorities for their help but gave no details of the terms of the men's release.
The Bourbon Leda was seized off Bonny Island.
Ten crew members of another Bourbon vessel that was hijacked on 31 October last year off Cameroon, just south of the Niger Delta, were released unharmed on 11 November.