Later release 17 crew members
An international watchdog says pirates hijacked a supply ship off Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta and held it for several hours before releasing the vessel’s crew.
The International Maritime Bureau said the attack happened Tuesday off the delta. The bureau said in a short statement that the pirates boarded the tug boat and held 17 crew members hostage before releasing them.
The nationalities of those held was not immediately known.
The attack is just the latest to target Nigeria and West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, where piracy has escalated from low-level armed robberies to hijackings and cargo thefts. Some believe militants once involved in fighting in the Nigeria oil delta now take part in the piracy
Source: AP