Found four days after it was attacked by pirates at the coast of Benin
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported yesterday that a Filipino seafarer was found dead aboard a Marshall Island-flagged ship, four days after it was attacked by pirates at the coast of Benin.
The DFA said Filipino seaman Christopher Cortez Ceprado was found dead on May 11 after his vessel, chemical tanker MT Sea King, was seized by pirates on May 7. The vessel is manned by a crew of 17 Filipinos.
The pirates ransacked the vessels equipment, as well as the personal belongings of the crew onboard.
Ceprados remains was brought to the mortuary in Cotonou for autopsy.
The Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (DFA-OUMWA) is in close coordination with the local manning agency on the repatriation of Ceprado here.
It has also instructed the Philippine Embassy in Abuja to coordinate with authorities on the investigation of the incident.
Source: PhilSTAR