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JUST-IN: Ten Nigerian Pirates Arrested, Charged With Hijacking Chinese Ship [Video]
Jul 13, 2020
Source: independent.ng
Ten suspected Nigerian pirates have been arrested and  charged with hijacking a Chinese fishing vessel, FV Hai Lu Feng II in international waters off Cote D’Ivoire.
The suspected Pirates who were arraigned on Monday July 13 by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), were identified as Frank Abaka, Jude Ebaragha, Shina Alolo, Joshua Iwiki, David Akinseye, Ahmed Toyin, Shobajo Saheed, Adekole Philip, Matthew Masi and Bright Agbedeyi.
Source: allnaijamedia.com
According to the 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.
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.”
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