Indian Sailors lodged in a Nigerian jail are on the verge of dying. They hardly get meal once a day and there is no medication in case anyone falls ill.
Mamta Singh wife of Capt Shailesh who is lodged in Nigerian Jail from last 5 years has decided to take the fight ahead. She is constantly pushing government to bring her husband and other collegue back to India. Using social media platform she trying to reach out The Prime Minister, The MEA Sushma Swaraj, media houses and all other concerned authorities.
Her life has taken an ugly turn as her husband is in Nigerian Jail since last 5 years and she has to look after their 2 kids. She is fighting at two fronts. She is leaving no stone unturned to bring her husband back . At the same time without any financial support, day by day it is becoming difficult to look after her two children and their basic needs.
As a seafarer, it's our responsibility to support her fight. This signature campaign has been started to gather support for her fight. Lend your support by signing the campaign so that more voices can reach to the Government.
A Nigerian naval ship NNS Predator had intercepted MT Akshay off the oil-rich Sangana river sector and found cargo suspected to be stolen crude oil. All 23 people on board the ship (10 Indians, two Ghanaians and 11 Nigerians) were arrested and handed over to the country’s anti-corruption police — the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) — for investigation and prosecution for oil theft. Capt Shailesh has refuted the charge of theft of crude oil. He has claimed that the Indians were being implicated in the case and the oil that was told to be crude oil was the fuel on which the ship ran. He wrote that the ship, MT Akshay, belonged to Veesham Shipping and Krishna Shipping, and owned by Indians Ajay Bhatia and Chander Kumar Shroff. They had left for Port Harcourt in Nigeria on November 23, 2012, on the direction of Bhatia and Chander. The letter reads, “We were arrested in Nigeria on November 25, 2012. We are not getting response from the company. Our salaries have not been paid since November 2012, as a result of which we are unable to get help and can’t send any help to our families. The ship owners are not responding.” He further writes, “After being arrested by the Nigerian Navy, we were kept at a place for nearly 50 days without food and water. When we were all about to die, we were deboarded from the Nigerian Naval and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria. All our valuables, qualification certificates and valuables were left in the ship. After a week, we were lodged in jail and are suffering a lot since.” In June 2014, after court proceedings where Indians did not have any counsellor access and defence lawyer, they have been sentenced for 15 years imprisonment Capt Shailesh has urged the Indian Government to intervene and get them released.
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