Bulletin: On the Release of Seven Filipino Seafarers Kidnapped in Nigeria

30 October 2018 — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) welcomes the release of the seven Filipino seafarers who were kidnapped in Nigeria last month.

The Philippine Embassy in Abuja confirmed the release in its report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. The seven were among the 12 crew members of the Swiss-owned MV Glarus who were taken by armed men who boarded their vessel on 22 September.

Ambassador to Nigeria Shirley Ho-Vicario said all 12 crew members were released on Sunday, 28 October. She said the Filipino seafarers are now in Zurich, Switzerland, from where they will be flown to Manila. The crew members were reported to have been taken by the gunmen as the vessel was making its way from Lagos to Port Harcourt. END