Pirates allegedly abducted 5 team participants from a freight ship off the coastline of Nigeria on Sunday.

The International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre validated that a team of armed pirates board a basic a basic freight ship underway around 15nm SW of Bonny Island, Nigeria on July 30. The event was reported to the Nigerian navy that reacted and also situated the ship. It was reported that some team participants were missing out on, the IMB record stated. The Nigerian navy vessel hauled the ship to a secure port for examination.

Media reported the vessel as the Panama- flagged MV Oya 1 The records claim the pirates abducted 2 policemans and also 3 team participants.

The vessel is the most up to date to be boarded or discharged on by armed pirates off the coastline of Nigeria this year. Last month, IMB reported pirates in Nigeria had abducted 31 team in 5 reported occurrences until now in 2017, not consisting of the 5 team participants handledSunday Violence versus staffs additionally remains to be a worry in the area, with fifty percent of all records of vessels being bombarded around the world originating from Nigeria.