More than 750 foreigners from eight west African countries, stranded in the southeastern Nigerian port of Calabar since Christmas after their ferry broke down, left by road Saturday, a statement said.
The 758 people were onboard a ship making stopovers along the coast of west Africa “when their passenger vessel… made an emergency berthing” after one of its engines broke down on December 25, the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said.
A convoy of buses conveyed the stranded nationals of Togo, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Guinea to their various countries, SEMA said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Wow nice job SEMA. NIGERIA is the giant of Africa
ReplyDeleteNigeria should hold the company that owns the shit by claiming all the money spent to transport the passengers to their respective countries.According to the Law of Carriage,the ship owners responsibility only ends when he takes them to their agreed destinations.The state government did a nice job but must seize the ship until they are reimbursed
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