This was contained in a statement issued by the Nigerian Navy Ship, Pathfinder, Base Information Officer, Lt.-Cdr. Abdulsalam Sani, on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital
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The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Kabiru Aliyu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital
Bekering said the Netherlands is a trading nation, adding that it was the desire of the Navy to ensure that there was a free flow of trade by providing proper security at sea and coastal waters
Effedua, who made this known when he presented the suspects to newsmen, said they were arrested during a routine patrol of the Nkpodiagha Creek, Aker Base, Port Harcourt
He said that local fishermen in Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, briefed the naval officers about the operations of the pirates in the area
On Friday, naval ratings emptied their armoury and attacked policemen at Trebor Junction, because one of their colleagues’ motorbikes was impounded by an Environmental Task Force Team, headed by A. Ajani, a Superintendent of Police
The constitution of the presidential investigation team, which is already in Bayelsa State, was made known on Monday by the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba