The Panama-flagged Maximus, owned by a company in the UAE and
on lease to a South Korean shipping company, was escorted on Monday into Lagos
harbor with six captured hijackers from Nigeria and Ghana and the crew of 18
from India, Pakistan, China, South Korea, Sudan and Ghana.
Rear Admiral Henry Babalola said the navy is
still searching for two crew taken hostage by two hijackers who escaped in a
pirate vessel. The Indian defence attache, Capt Gautam Marwaha said one hostage
is Indian and the other is believed to be Pakistan. They have not received any
ransom demand, he added.
The bandits were after
the ship's 4,700 tons of diesel fuel when they seized it on February 11. off
the coast of Abidjan. The ship was rescued on Saturday night about 310 (500
kilometers) southwest of Lagos
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