About 12 persons reportedly lost their lives
when suspected bandits believed to be sea pirates ordered them to jump
into high sea.
The pirates who were said to be operating along the waterways in Kula
community in Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers state when they
attacked four boats carrying the deceased.
It was learnt that the bandits ordered the 12 persons who were occupying the four boats to jump into the seas.
According to The Punch report, the four boats left Kula jetty and was said to be moving towards Abonema in Asari-Toru local government area before they were attacked and robbed by the pirates. The attackers asked the occupants to jump into the sea at gunpoint what taking their personal belongings.
It incident occurred at about 6.30am on Monday, December 21, and the attackers escaped with the stolen four boats.
“The pirates stopped the passenger boats in the middle of the high sea and the occupants were forced to jump into the sea after being threatened with the gun. The pirates left with the four passenger boats,” a source within Kula said.
It was further learnt that divers in the area were able to rescue some of the passengers while some remained missing as the time of filing this report.
The incident has caused serious penic within the area as fishermen and women became scared of travelling by sea.
Confirming the incident, the chairman of community development committee of Kula, Lolo Awara, said that the number of missing could not be immediately identified.
Awara expressed worries over the spate sea pirates had continued to cause mayhem in Kula with no effort by security operatives to address the situation.
Meanwhile, notorious pirates who had made traveling to and from Bonny Island in Rivers state a hellish experience met their waterloo on Monday at the hands of a joint team comprising the Nigerian police, army and young men from the island.
File photo of sea pirates
It was learnt that the bandits ordered the 12 persons who were occupying the four boats to jump into the seas.
According to The Punch report, the four boats left Kula jetty and was said to be moving towards Abonema in Asari-Toru local government area before they were attacked and robbed by the pirates. The attackers asked the occupants to jump into the sea at gunpoint what taking their personal belongings.
It incident occurred at about 6.30am on Monday, December 21, and the attackers escaped with the stolen four boats.
“The pirates stopped the passenger boats in the middle of the high sea and the occupants were forced to jump into the sea after being threatened with the gun. The pirates left with the four passenger boats,” a source within Kula said.
It was further learnt that divers in the area were able to rescue some of the passengers while some remained missing as the time of filing this report.
The incident has caused serious penic within the area as fishermen and women became scared of travelling by sea.
Confirming the incident, the chairman of community development committee of Kula, Lolo Awara, said that the number of missing could not be immediately identified.
Awara expressed worries over the spate sea pirates had continued to cause mayhem in Kula with no effort by security operatives to address the situation.
Meanwhile, notorious pirates who had made traveling to and from Bonny Island in Rivers state a hellish experience met their waterloo on Monday at the hands of a joint team comprising the Nigerian police, army and young men from the island.
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