GHANA NAVY ARRESTS 8 NIGERIAN PIRATES

The Ghana Navy on Saturday foiled a pirate
attack on a Nigerian cargo vessel, MT Mariam
and captured all eight bandits.
The pirates were armed, but no one, including a
nine-member crew aboard MT Mariam, was
injured when the Ghana Navy crew aboard GNS
BLIKA effected the arrest.
According to the Public Relations Officer of the
1 Garrison of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lt
Maxwell Asola, all eight pirates are Nigerians.
Owners of the hijacked ship alerted the Ghana
Navy about the incident and requested for
assistance.
MV Mariam is scheduled to dock at the port on
Sunday.

Lt. Maxwell Asola told the Daily Graphic that the
arrest took place at about 10:30am and that the
owner of the vessel in lodging the complaint,
said the pirates told him via telephone that they
wanted to use the vessel to carry out an attack
and banged the phone.
This prompted the owner of MV Mariam to
approach the Ghana Navy for assistance.

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