One person was confirmed killed and scores missing in a midnight attack on a boat owned by the oil company, Agip, in Bayelsa state at the weekend.
The boat- MV Terra- was said to be carrying Agip staff to the company’s Clough Creek platform at Egbema Angalabiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area when suspected pirates struck.
The pirates apparently ambushed the boat.
One of the victims was named as Hector Abe. The boat captain who was shot on the leg is being treated in an undisclosed hospital.
Abe’s body has been deposited at the Kpaima mortuary in Port Harcourt.
The Joint Military Force (JTF) Media Coordinator, Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, confirmed the incident and one death.
Abe was said to have been killed while attempting to escape.
He fell into the water and drowned.
Nwachukwu, who described the attackers as pirates said soldiers have been drafted to the scene to fish out the criminals.
Efforts to reach Agip authorities proved abortive
Source: The Nation