Sad! Sea Pirates Allegedly Kill Four Naval Officers In Ondo Community

A tragic incident occurred at Gagira, a suburb of the Awoye coastal community in Ilaje LGA of Ondo State. The 4-Nigerian Naval Officers were killed by pirates over the the weekend as

So, the officers died during gunfire with the pirates after kidnapping three foreigners.

However, the authorities have deployed naval personnel to the community in search of the pirates and the riffles of the killed officers.

Therefore, curfew has been imposed on the community. So, effort to recover the stolen rifles of the killed officers is underway, disclosed Commodore Danjuma Ndanusa

Besides, he said that one of the arrested sea pirates disclosed that the rifles are in the area.

The Commanding officer said;

“We intimated
them on what is at stake. It is like sleeping on a time bomb. I told all the
Baales (village heads) to get all their youths and speak with them.

“That was why
we did a total search and we found four telephones and one walkie-talkie
belonging to the foreigners. I made this known to the four Baales from the
community

"We also searched the boat they came with from Bayelsa State; we were able to recover empty magazines from guns on the floor of their boat. 

We place a curfew on the four communities and the activities on the waterway by putting pressure on them to produce the arms because it is a threat to the innocent people in the community."