Will request Consular access when ship reaches Nigerian Port: Muraleedharan on ship detained by Equatorial Guinea

Minister of State for External Affairs of India V Muraleedharan visited the family of Sanu Jose, the Chief Officer of the ship which was detained in Equatorial Guinea in which 16 Indians were there. V Muraleedharan said, “We received information that the ship has been handed over to the Nigerian authorities and the ship is sailing towards the Nigerian port. Once it reaches the port, we will request consular access. And we will meet the sailors on board of the ship and further negotiations with the Nigerian authorities will start.”