[size=18pt]Pirates attack 2 vessels on Lagos waters[/size]

News Dec 22, 2010




BARELY three months of relative peace, sea robbers struck twice last week on Lagos waters, attacking two ships, injuring crew and carting away valuables.

Although details of the attacks were not revealed to our correspondent, it was confirmed that in one of the attacks four foreign crew members were brutally attacked as about eight robbers armed with crowbars, machetes and guns fired upon and boarded a general cargo ship (identity unknown) that was drifting off about 30 nautical miles off the Lagos Fairway Buoy.

The robbers reportedly escaped with ship and crew members cash and property.
The attack in which four crew were injured was unleashed on a cargo vessel which was destined for Apapa port of Lagos. It took place on Tuesday December 14.

In the second attack, which also occurred about 25 nautical miles of Lagos, it was the dexterity and bravery of the ship’s captain that saved the day as the robbers could not board the ship, despite their spirited attempts.

According to the International Maritime Bureau, IMB, piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur, “a suspicious vessel approached a drifting container ship. At a distance of 2.1 nm the vessel stopped and launched a skiff with seven armed pirates. The skiff chased and fired upon the ship with intent to board.”

The report which was accessed last week by our correspondent the ship’s “Master raised alarm, increased speed and crew activated fire hoses, smoke signals and fired rocket flares at the skiff.

“The pirates made several attempts to board the ship and finally aborted the attack due to the effective anti-piracy measures taken by the ship including rigging of razor wires and electric fence.”

Both incidents were (unlike in previous attacks) reported to the IMB immediately. They were both recorded as attacks 423 and 427, respectively.


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Pirates. . . fancy word for 'terrorists'?
Treasure Island does not come to mind.
Never knew we had "pirates" in Lagos waters. . .

Are these "Nigerian" pirates or illegal pirates?

Or do we mean 'area boys'?
Or 'youth'. . .

Na wa o!

Somali pirates in West Africa

Mu he he he he

Or could they be 'Dutch' slave merchant ships. . . ?

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
ho ho ho and a bottle of rum!


Chips ahoy!

Nigerian press na wah!

Which wan be pirates again?

^^^

Naija ppl would gladly be slaves in order to leave Nigeria

If slave ship comes to Lagos, the line would be very long o!

^^^
Do you blame them"
Why you nor wait for dia huh?

First, we had dead whales. . . . now pirates.

What next?

Mammy wotas?

Or Jisos floating around with his 12 disciples?

Disu Fashola is working wonders in disu Lagos o!

Chai!

Dont they have marine police and a special anti-piracy outfit in Lagos
I trust BRF,it wont haffen again,walahi

!!Mr Cork:

Pirates? anyways, i suspet thoise IBO people from Niger Dealta (no oofeinse)

@Mr cork, it's like you just copy and paste this on every thread, i bow for your bad belle!

Chai, Pirates ke.

Easy way to offload containers with illegal goods in it.

!!Mr Cork:

Pirates? anyways, i suspet thoise IBO people from Niger Dealta (no oofeinse)

Usual monotonous, unfunny, no-brain posts.

By the way you do not have to be in every thread.

Mr coke, what kind of man are you??
skip the topic if you don't know what to write.
I'm short of words i would rain insult upon insult on you.
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONCE

Nonsense thread! What is Pirate where does that came from? Please this is out of point and irrelevant.

what do u expect when you have thousand of youth unemployed, I beg leave this Boys to pirate the sea, Ask custom what they pirate,

!!Mr Cork:


nvo5, madam are u one of te IBO pirate?

comments like this will get you banned yet again

!!Mr Cork:


nvo5, madam are u one of te IBO pirate?

Mr. Cork, me heard your papa mama be IBO and your mama,s mama IBO too, so you half-quarter IBO (every oofeinse)

[size=17pt]CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW IN OUR WATERS


EVERY BODY RUNNNNNNNN,


TAKE COVER, [/size]

Ibo kwenuuuuuu, he, ibo kwezwenuuuuuuuuuuu, heeeeeeeee he.

Athough i am edo, i love u guys.

One nigeria.

It was IBB, Atiku, Ciroma and other northerners (almajiris) that sponsored them.

mynaija123:

Ibo kwenuuuuuu, he, ibo kwezwenuuuuuuuuuuu, heeeeeeeee he.

Athough i am edo, i love u guys.

One nigeria.

Guy where did u get this picture from.

olabukola:

Guy where did u get this picture from.

Was the picture missing

Just a tribute to my IBO friends.

mynaija123:

Was the picture missing
Just a tribute to my IBO friends.

Hilarious!

mynaija123:

Ibo kwenuuuuuu, he, ibo kwezwenuuuuuuuuuuu, heeeeeeeee he.

Athough i am edo, i love u guys.

One nigeria.

In that picture, it boldly exhibited Igbo. But here, you chose the insultive version (ibo). Why?.

Never knew there was an insultive version,
In primary schools across Non-Eastern parts of Nigeria today, Teachers still teach, that there are three major tribes,
Yoruba, Ibo and Hausa??,
Well, I believe change from Ibo to Igbo, will be a gradual process, if the East really wants to change that notion

Babzilla:

It was IBB, Atiku, Ciroma and other northerners (almajiris) that sponsored them.

i tell you the almajiris dnt even know what ship look like talk more of pirating.they can only be sponsor to know when world crisis of christ nd mohammed so they will slaughter the igbos.

@mr cork amù gi zaaa

LOL . . . .  Hilarious!

I dont know what, but just hilarious. Pirates ko heeheh

I guess this would replace kidnapping. It has always been one crime replacing another in 9ja.

but the Nigeria Navy said they are up to the task and that they would provide security to the whole west Africa water.
so this is a challenge to them if they cant even protect their own territory let alone others.

where is the nigerian police