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Ten Nigerian pirates arraigned for hijacking Chinese ship
Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) have arraigned 10 suspected Nigerian pirates to court for hijacking a Chinese fishing vessel, FV Hai Lu Feng II in international waters off Cote D’Ivoire.
The suspects identified as Frank Abaka, Jude Ebaragha, Shina Alolo, Joshua Iwiki, David Akinseye, Ahmed Toyin, Shobajo Saheed, Adekole Philip, Matthew Masi and Bright Agbedeyi were arraigned on Monday, July 13.
Prosecution counsel Laraban Magaji said the incident which occurred in May this year, violated Section 3 of Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences Act, 2019 and was punishment under Section 2 of the same Act.
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Magaji said;
“While armed with weapons, committed an illegal act of violence against the crew on board FV Hai Lu Feng II belonging to Haina Fishing Company by putting them in fear in order to take control of the vessel.”
The defendants who pleaded not guilty were subsequently remanded in the Nigerian Navy’s custody. The case was adjourned till July 15, 2020, for the hearing of the defendants’ bail applications and commencement of trial.
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