Four (4) Koreans, 2 Nigerians Hyundai Employees Kidnapped in Bayelsa

Now on to the latest on the kidnapping of four Koreans in Nigeria Hyundai, the employer of the victims, says the unidentified kidnappers contacted them, assured them the captives are safe and said they would call again.

The Korean foreign ministry and Hyundai say four Koreans employed by Hyundai Heavy Industries and two of their Nigerian colleagues were kidnapped by armed men on a speed boat in southern Nigeria on Monday local time.

At the time of kidnapping, the men were working at Hyundai's LNG plant on Brass Island in the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa.
One of the Nigerian detainees was later ordered to get off the boat. Here's what foreign ministry spokesperson Cho Tai-young said earlier about the situation. Arirang

Bayelsa Kidnappers Release Nigerian, Detains Koreans

The gunmen who kidnapped five employees of Hyundai Fabrication Company a Chinese firm on Monday at Okpoama, Brass Local Government Area of the state, have released the only Nigerian that was among those kidnapped.

Austin Giwa, the only Nigerian who was kidnapped alongside four Koreans, was dropped at the mangrove swamps of Odioma along the Okpoama waterways.

Giwa was freed when he identified himself as a Nigerian from Brass Local government at about 5:30pm.

According to an eye witness report, “A woman who was fishing saw where he was tied and abandoned and went to rescue him. She took him to the police station where he made a statement.”

Although, the abductors have still not made known their motives, the Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer Mr. Fidelis Odunna, confirmed the development and said the police were still on the trail of the kidnappers.

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Kidnapped Koreans freed

The four Koreans and a Nigerian abducted by eight gunmen from the Hyndai Fabrication Company, in Okpoama, Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa State have been released.

Our correspondent gathered that Jong Ken, Hi Kim, Doo Lee, Joon Chae and a Nigerian, Austin Giwa were set free by the bandits at 9pm on Friday.

The victims were abducted at about 3:30pm on Monday from the company located close to Odioma near the Atlantic Ocean.

The assailants were said to have invaded the company on speed boats, gained access to the firm’s premises unchallenged and later took away the victims.

But four days after holding their victims hostage in the mangrove swamps, the bandits were said to have released them at the Yenagoa waterside.

Operatives of the Special Police unit in the state codenamed, Operation Door-Akpor, were said to have found the victims at Azikoro Village in Yenagoa.

Narrating how the victims were released, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Kingsley Omire said, “From the brief that I have, there was a disagreement among the kidnappers who decided to release their victims.

“They brought them to Azikoro Village and I directed Operation Doo-Akpor to go and pick them up. They were not released by any security agency.”

Omire said two persons had been arrested in connection with the incident, adding that investigations were ongoing to arrest the perpetrators.