Navy intercepts 11 suspected Stowaways en route Ghana

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The patrol team of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), BEECROFT, has apprehended 11 individuals suspected to be stowaways on board the GWANGZHOU Highway Panama vessel.

The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore, Kolawole Oguntuga, said on Thursday in Lagos, in a statement, the vessel was en route to Ghana at the time of the incident.

It added that four stowaways were initially apprehended from the stern of the vessel but upon interrogation, they revealed the presence of additional seven stowaways inside the ship. Others are 22-year-old man from Ondo, 37-year-old man from Bayelsa, 27, 28 and 30-year-old men from Delta, 23-year-old man from Ondo and a 19-year-old man from Zamfara states.

 

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