Arrest Made in the Killing of 4 Nigerian Navy Personnel by Sea Pirates. Kidnapped Foreigners Rescued After 3-hour Gun Battle (Photos)
Following a gun battle with Special troops of the Nigerian Navy on Tuesday, January 7, one of the sea pirates responsible for killing 4 Nigerian Navy personnel and kidnapping 3 foreigners at Agge in Bayelsa state has been apprehended.
The confrontation occurred after the Nigerian Navy Forward Operations Base (FOB) Igbokoda at its Awoye outpost received intelligence about an approaching speed boat suspected to be carrying kidnappers and victims of kidnapping at around 11pm.
The intelligence was gathered after a period of laying siege to capture the suspects who had killed 4 naval personnel serving under the jurisdiction of NNS Delta, an operations base in Warri, Delta State.
Upon sighting the Special Forces deploye...