Arrest Made in Case of Sea Pirates Who Killed 4 Nigerian Navy Personnel, Foreign Hostages Freed After 3-Hour Gun Battle (Photos)
After a dramatic gun battle with special troops of the Nigerian Navy on Tuesday, January 7, one of the sea pirates who killed 4 Nigerian Navy personnel and kidnapped three foreigners in Agge, Bayelsa state, has been apprehended.
The clash occurred when personnel of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operations Base (FOB) Igbokoda at its Awoye outpost received intelligence at around 11 pm about an approaching speedboat suspected of carrying both kidnappers and victims.
After days of laying siege to capture the suspects responsible for the deaths of 4 naval personnel under the jurisdiction of NNS Delta, an operations base in Warri, Delta State, the intelligence was realized.
Upon sighting the special forces deployed in gunboats at the sea entrance, th...