No fewer than eight Nigerian pirates have been deported to Nigeria by the Ghanaian authorities following a directive of the West African neighbour’s Interior Minister.
According to reports from Ghana, the suspects were handed over to the Nigerian authorities by a team of officials comprising the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service led by DSP Peter Kamasa of. he Interpol, Accra, to officials of the National Criminal Bureau/Lagos (Interpol/Lagos) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, January 7, 2016 after an exhaustive legal process in Accra.
They had earlier appeared before an Accra Magistrate Court 3, Adjabeng.
It was said that their arrest followed a complaint lodged by a Nigerian named Sunday Nakase, who accused the suspects of stealing his vessel, MT Mariam, together with its crude oil contents and directed the crew to steer to an undisclosed destination.
However, men of the Ghana Navy intercepted the pirates and handed them over to the police.
The suspects are Molih William, Molilh, Klinsman, David Jacob, Amos Ebiyaibo, Aki Peggy John Picolo, Ayetimili Oyinle and Pinano Saniyu.
A search revealed three AK 47s, IG3 rifle, a pump-action gun and 256 rounds of ammunition. Other items found on board the vessel were tablets, monies, walkie talkies, speed boats and two Yamaha outboard motors.
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