Sea pirates kill three people in Bayelsa

Three persons were killed on Tuesday by armed men suspected to be sea pirates. They died in an attack on two passenger boats along the boundary area of Port Harcourt and Nembe community in Bayelsa State.

A source at the Nembe Local Government Council, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the sea pirates struck at about noon, attacking passengers travelling along the Port Harcourt-Nembe sea route known as Kilometre 46.

He said the driver of the boat and other passengers, who sustained bullet wounds in the operation were rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Yenagoa.

In a separate attack, another gang of pirates carted away N1.5 million, an outboard engine and other personal effects of the passengers travelling along the Nembe waterways.

Nembe residents have, however, raised the alarm over the frequent attacks by pirates in their waterways. They pleaded with security operatives to come to their rescue by stepping up security network in the locality.

Alex Akhigbe, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer confirmed the killings and that the sum of N1.5 million was also collected from another passenger in a separate attack.

The spokesman, however, pointed out that the location is not within the jurisdiction of the police command.


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