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Sangana Saga: Longest Night in Beyelsa.

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(From This Day (Nigeria) - AAGM)

Byline: John Iwori

For two days, 11 expatriate workers of an oil service firm working off the Atlantic Ocean near Sangana in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State were held hostage by their Nigerian counterparts following the breakdown of negotiations on condition of service. John Iwori, who followed the impasse, writes

The news filtered into Yenogoa, the Bayelsa State capital last Monday. It was quite late in the evening as most people had gone to bed. The story was that some expatriate staff of an oil service firm working for Pride Forasol Drilling Nigeria Limited, off the Atlantic Ocean near Sangana in ...

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