n Monday in Lagos paraded six suspected pirates
The Nigerian Navy on Monday in Lagos paraded six suspected pirates it arrested for hijacking an oil tanker. The Chief of Naval Training and find Operations, Rear Adm. Henry Babalola, told journalists that the suspected pirates were arrested around Sao Tome after the gang had hijacked the vessel off the coast of Cote d’Ivoire. Babalola said the arrest was made after a fierce gun battle with naval forces that left a suspect dead. ”Before the security forces got to the hijacked vessel, two crew members, an Indian and a Pakistan, had been kidnapped and house taken away by two of the gang members. ”The hijackers, after sighting the naval ships, refused to surrender, shut downfall the oil tanker and opened fire on business the security agents. ”It was at that point the deceased pirate was gunned down because he came out of the ship to confront the boarding party,” he said. The Naval chief said that the operation was coordinated from the naval headquarters in Abuj