Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed reports,
The Bayelsa Police Command has said that its officers of the Marine Department have foiled an attack on a passenger boat and rescued four passengers onboard along the Nembe-Brass waterways.
Speaking with Asinim Butswat, the Public Relations Officer of the Command, he told Track News Nigeria that the incident happened today while marine police operatives were on patrol of the Nembe-Brass waterways.
As said by Butswat, a Superintendent of Police,: “On 17 August 2022 at about 1730 hours, operatives of the Marine Department of the Bayelsa State Police Command, while on patrol along the Nembe- Brass waterways came under attack by sea pirates who were robbing passengers and attempting to kidnap some of them in a speedboat named Tari Marine 2.
“The operatives repelled the attack, subdued the pirates by their superior firepower and rescued the passengers.
“The pirates ran to a nearby creek and escaped with bullet wounds. They abandoned their speedboat, with one military camouflage, one bulletproof jacket and one cutlass.”
The police media man added that CSP Ben Nebolisa Okolo, the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, had ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to embark on a discreet investigation to uncover the identity of the sea pirates.
