The faces of Nigerian pirates arrested by Navy

The faces of Nigerian pirates arrested by Navy

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 6:47 am

Here are the faces of the six pirates who hijacked a diesel oil carrying vessel MV Maximus. The Panama flagged ship is said to be owned by a UAE company.

The pirates were arrested by Nigerian Navy in a night time operation near Sao Tome.

The bandits targeted the vessel for its 4,700 tons of diesel fuel and seized it last week on 11 February, off the coast of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The ship was finally rescued on Saturday night about 310 miles (500 kilometres) southwest of Lagos. Photographs by AP.

The pirates being marched for parade in Lagos

The pirates being marched for parade in Lagos

The pirates manacled with their weapons

The pirates manacled with their weapons

A further close up of the arrested pirates

A further close up of the arrested pirates

The pirate killed in the Navy operation in a body bag

The pirate killed in the Navy operation in a body bag

Join The Conversation

What do you think? Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

The Latest

Tin-Can Ports

NPA Secures $700m Facility From Citibank to Rehabilitate Apapa, Tin-Can Ports

Mustapha Kwankwaso

Kwankwaso’s son emerges Commissioner for Youths and Sports

Uzodimma flags off two-day retreat for Commissioner-designates

Uzodimma flags off two-day retreat for Commissioner-designates, other appointees

See President Tinubu’s new package for the education sector

Kano CP Mohammed Gumel

CP Gumel dissects the travails of Nigeria’s democracy, electoral process in the Fourth Republic

Gov Oyebanji during the Evening of Tributes

“You’ ll not walk alone”, Oyebanji assures late APC chairman’s family

Ayra Star and Rihanna

“Why I want to do a song with Ayra Star” – Rihanna

Abdullahi Ganduje

Federal High Court dismisses Ganduje’s suspension as APC member