Incident Management Center - Coast Guard Base Reports Additional Two Recoveries

Monrovia, Liberia : The multi-agency Incident Management Center (IMC) wishes to provide the following updates on the Recovery Phase of missing persons from the NIKO IVANKA Distress Incident:

We wish to inform the general public that in addition to the three victims earlier recovered as was communicated in our July 22, 2021 Press Release, the remains of an additional two persons have been recovered. This brings to five the number of persons recovered so far and frantic efforts are being exerted to recover more persons.

It is important to note that these victims were recovered along the coasts of Marshall City and Robertsport in Margibi and Grand Cape Mount Counties respectively.

As at this release, the remains of these five victims have been deposited at the St. Mosses Funeral Parlors for preservation and identifications. In this regard, we are calling on family members and relatives of the missing/deceased persons to immediately proceed to the Headquarters of the Liberia National Police on Capitol Hill to be escorted to the Funeral Home to assist the Police identify their love ones.

Additionally, we wish to inform you that the Incident Management Center (IMC) comprising the Liberia Maritime Authority, Liberian National Coast Guards, Liberian Immigration Service, Liberia National Police (LNP) and other relevant Stakeholders has deployed two vessels to Grand Cape Mount and Boniface counties to patrol the areas in continuation of the recovery process. This decision was reached considering the number of bodies that have surfaced in the Grand Cape Mount area.