By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja

758 foreigners stranded at the Calabar Sea Port following the breakdown of a vessel conveying them from Gabon to Benin Republic have been evacuated by road.

The nationals from Togo, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Guinea were forced to terminate their sea journey in Calabar when a passenger vessel –Emiliana-Carneiro-made an emergency berthing at the port when one of the engines malfunctioned and a leakage on the floor of the ship was observed.

A statement signed by David Akate, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said, “Over 10 buses conveying the passengers were escorted by Immigration, police and other security agents”.