Borr Prospector 5 sinking: Oligui Nguema orders search to continue
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Agpgabon
Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema visited survivors and families affected by the sinking of the Borr Prospector 5 off Mayumba in Port-Gentil. He asked the relevant services to continue searching for the missing and promised physical and psychological care, according to a message published on his official Facebook page.
Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has ordered the search to continue for people missing after the Borr Prospector 5 drilling platform sank off Mayumba, according to a message published on his official Facebook page on Monday.
While in Port-Gentil, the head of state met survivors and victims’ families and visited compatriots in hospital. He also assured them that victims would receive comprehensive physical and psychological care.
The visit follows the sinking of the platform, which left one person dead and four missing, according to the casualty figures published on Monday. On the same day, Oligui Nguema had met survivors of the Mayumba shipwreck.
