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Foreign helicopter pilots kidnapped

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    Two foreign helicopter pilots working with Shell Nigeria have been kidnapped by a hitherto little know group called Enough is Enough, the BBC reported on Wednesday. It quoted a spokesman for the firm as saying the men, believed to be a Briton and an Australian, were seized on Monday shortly after their helicopter landed at Enwhe oil platform in Rivers State.

    The pilots reportedly work for Bristol Helicopters, a contractor working for Shell. In response to the situation, Shell has shut down two oil wells feeding the flow station, a move that is costing the company around 1,100 barrels of crude oil per day, media reports said.

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