In Gabon, the news remains dominated by the shock caused on Sunday, October 25, by the Prospector 5 oil drilling platform that sank off Mayumba, in the southwest of the country. Officially, five people are still missing. 110 have been rescued. Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema went to Port-Gentil on Monday, October 26, to be as close as possible to the search operations and comfort the families of the missing, not to mention the survivors.
With our correspondent, Yves-Laurent Goma
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema interrupted a private visit to Spain to urgently visit the survivors and families of the missing.
Currently, 100 survivors have been evacuated from Mayumba to Port-Gentil. They talked at length with the Gabonese president to whom they told their nightmare. Some of them are injured. They are taken care of in a hospital in Port-Gentil. Ten of their comrades are still in Mayumba.
The Gabonese number one then spoke with the families of the five missing people. Among them are three Gabonese, a Croatian and an Indian.
The accident occurred near the maritime border with Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon requested the help of the Congolese navy to join the research, which Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso immediately accepted.
In a statement, the Gabonese government announced that it had mobilized all means to find the missing. An investigation was opened by the Department of Petroleum to shed light and establish the responsibilities of this tragedy.
