Eight passengers in Yenagoa bound speedboats have been abducted by pirates along Brass-Yenagoa waterways in Bayelsa State.
About 15 passengers were on board the boat and it was also learned that they were returning from a burial they had attended over the weekend.
Eight of the passengers were abducted a whisked into the creeks, while seven were freed. Chairman, Maritime Workers Union in Brass Local Government Area, Mr. Daniel Biodoumoye, who confirmed the attack, said;
“The pirates intercepted the 200 horsepower engine boat close to a rice farm and fled off with eight of the 15 passengers.”
Biodumoye also revealed that a combined rescue team of the marine police, members of the union, and others rescued the seven lucky passengers who were abandoned by the pirates.
A police spokesman in Bayelsa State, SP Asinim Butswat also confirmed the attack, adding that they’ve increased effort to rescue the abducted victims and arrest the culprits.