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Two foreign fishermen lost in Atlantic Ocean for 5 days rescued in Bayelsa coastal community

Two fishermen from Sao Tome and Principe were rescued after being lost at sea for five days.

The fishermen, Antonio Sabino, 51, and Osorio Pires, 41, were rescued by a trawler fishing in the Gulf of Guinea. They were taken to Okpoama-Brass in Bayelsa State, where they were handed over to the police.

The fishermen were malnourished and had been using sign language to communicate with each other because of the language barrier. They were clothed and fed before being handed over to the police.

The police have established contact with a coast guard officer from Sao Tome and Principe and are making concerted effort to reunite them with their families.

  • The fishermen were lost at sea for five days after their boat capsized.
  • They were rescued by a trawler fishing in the Gulf of Guinea.
  • They were taken to Okpoama-Brass in Bayelsa State, where they were handed over to the police.
  • The fishermen were malnourished and had been using sign language to communicate with each other because of the language barrier.
  • The police have established contact with a coast guard officer from Sao Tome and Principe and are making concerted effort to reunite them with their families.

In 2019, bodies of two male fishermen at an advanced stage decomposition were found in a fishing boat that drifted ashore in Okpoama from Saọ̄ Tomē and Principe.

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