The eight suspected Nigerians arrested in connection with the hijacking of the Nigerian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the territorial waters of Ghana have been deported to Nigeria.
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Suspected Nigerian pirates repatriated
The suspects were remanded in custody by the Adjabeng Magistrate Court in Accra where they were standing trial.
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The suspects, Molih Williams, Molih Klinsman, Peggy Aki, Ebiyaibo Amos, David Jacobs, Apetimiyi Onyinie, Piano Saniyo and Picolo John have all been repatriated based on the orders of Minister of Interior, Mark Woyongo.
According to the Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of the Ghana Police, Commissioner of Police (COP) David Asante-Apeatu, arrangements were made with the Immigration Service to facilitate their deportation after the Interpol office at Lagos had been alerted.
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They were deported on January 7, 2016.
COP David Asante-Apeatu explained that, the suspects were deported to Nigeria for "proper prosecution since the incident happened in Nigerian territory."
"Due to the nature of piracy, international cross-sectoral partnership is vital and this is a typical international co-operation between the two police agencies," he added.
Some two Ghanaians, George Opata Okrah, a freight forwarder, and Joel Yaw Attah, a shipping agent were also arrested arraigned before court and charged with piracy and conspiracy to commit piracy but the State later dropped charges against them.
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