7 Filipinos abducted off coast of Nigeria released

MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has reported that the seven Filipino seafarers kidnapped in Nigeria last month were released on Sunday.

The Philippine Embassy in Abuja confirmed the release in its report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday.

Ambassador to Nigeria Shirley Ho-Vicario said the Filipino seafarers are now in Zurich, Switzerland, from where they will be flown to Manila.

The seven were among the 12 crew members of the Swiss-owned MV Glarus taken by armed men, who boarded their vessel on September 22.

They were reported to have been taken by the gunmen as the vessel was making its way from Lagos to Port Harcourt.

According to the envoy, all 12 crew members were released on October 28. (Joyce Ann L. Rocamora/PNA)

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