Nigerian, Four Koreans, Released From Captivity In Bayelsa

BAYELSA State Police Command, yesterday, secured the release of four expatriate oil workers and a Nigerian who works in Daewoo Nig. Ltd. site located in the Brass area of the state after spending five days in captivity. 
The state's Commissioner of police, Mr. Kingsley Omire, while addressing journalists, said his command would collaborate with the company in the area of security, saying that at the time of the incidenct, there was no armed security around the area of the company's facility, noting the danger in the fact that both the company and their residential areas are not secured. 

The names of those released from the claws of kidnappers were the South Korean workers, Joon Suck-Chase, Jong Hai Kim, Hi Ko Kim, Doo Won Lee and the Nigerian, Austin Gina. 

Narrating their ordeal, Mr. Gina said he was in his office when he heard a gunshot at about 2pm last Monday. He looked around to find out what was happening, and found out that the four Koreans had already been kidnapped. They were all asked to bend their heads and face down by their captors who were seven in number. 

According to him, they were only tortured the first day after which the kidnappers, supprisingly, became friendly and started feeding them with all kinds of food including tea and bread. 

“They later demanded ransom from our company but we were told that the state government was working to secure our release. They said we should get ready to go and described us as bad market,” he narrated.