How Navy Arrested 14 Stowaways From Vessel’s Compartment in Lagos
- 14 stowaways have been arrested onboard a motor tanker UOG Constantine at Lagos Road Stead.
- The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft said the stowaways were arrested on Friday, December 15, 2023
- The Navy has handed over the stowaways to the Nigeria Immigration Service for necessary actions.
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Lagos state - In an attempt to sustain maritime security, the patrol team of Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft has arrested 14 stowaways onboard a motor tanker UOG Constantine at Lagos Road Stead.
The Commander, NNS Beecroft and Maritime Component Commander Of Operation Awatse, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, made this known in a statement on Tuesday, December 18, The Punch reported.
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Oguntuga said the stowaways were arrested on Friday, December 15, 2023, and that two of them had previously been arrested for a similar offence a month ago.
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He added that the Navy has handed over the stowaways to the Nigeria Immigration Service for necessary actions.
“The timely action was prompted by intelligence received from the Maritime Domain Awareness Facility, the Falcon Eye Alignment. Tactical teams swiftly boarded the vessel and discovered movements within the rudder compartment.
He added that:
“However, the brave efforts of the patrol team averted life-threatening conditions for the individuals confined in the vessel’s compartment, emphasising the Nigerian Navy’s commitment to maritime safety,”
3 Nigerians survive 11 days on the rudder of ship travelling to Canary Islands
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Spanish coastguard rescued three Nigerian men who stowed away on a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Lagos by balancing on its rudder just above the waterline.
In a photograph distributed on Twitter by the coastguard on Monday, November 28, the three stowaways are shown perched on the rudder of the oil and chemical tanker Alithini II.
The men were taken into the port and attended to by health services for dehydration and hypothermia, the coastguard said on Twitter.
Stowaways who arrived in Spain on rudder returned to the ship
Three migrants who arrived in Spain after enduring an 11-day journey from Nigeria on the rudder of a fuel tanker were returned to the ship Tuesday after receiving medical care, officials said.
The men were found when the Alithini II docked in Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria on Monday evening.
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