Suspected pirates being paraded by the Nigerian Navy in Lagos.
The
Nigerian Navy on Tuesday paraded four suspected sea robbers who had
allegedly hijacked a barge MV Crow, at
Escravos River located on the Gulf of Guinea.
The Commander, NNS Beecroft, Commodore
Chris Ezekobe, said while addressing journalists at the Defence Jetty in
Lagos that shortly after the hijack, the navy was alerted by the
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
He said, NIMASA’s
Regional and Maritime Awareness Centre alerted them and they pursued the vessel to
Aiyetoro in Ondo State. When we circled her, there was no sign of life
on board. We called and radioed several times but there was no response.
Of course, our suspicion was aroused and then we fired shots into the
air. Once they heard the shots, the sea robbers came out and threw their
weapons into the water.
Ezekobe said it is pertinent to state that our
challenge in Nigeria is sea robbery as opposed to piracy which is
obtained in Somalia. We have over 6,000 creeks between Lagos and Calabar
and it is easier for the sea robbers to attack and slip back to the
creeks.”
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