Police arrests four people in connection with pirate attack

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 4 individuals of antithetic nationalities successful transportation with a pirate onslaught that led to the abduction of 3 Chinese nationals, who were unit members aboard the targeted vessel.

According to the Ghana Police Service, the arrested individuals, Clever Victor Kojo Akorli, Eugene Chubuike Nwonam, Zhao Lan Han, and Zhaohua, person been arraigned earlier the Tema District Court arsenic portion of ongoing investigations into the incident.

“The constabulary person been investigating this lawsuit arsenic well, and truthful far, 4 people, Clever Victor Kojo Akorli, Eugene Chubuike Nwonam, Chinese navigator Zhao Lan Han, and a 2nd technologist Zhaohua person been arrested successful transportation with the lawsuit and person been enactment earlier the Tema District Court portion probe continues,” the constabulary said.

Briefing the media astatine a property league connected Tuesday, May 6, 2025, the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), DCOP Lydia Donkor, stated that the victims were recovered successful Delta State, Nigeria, and were successfully rescued and transferred to the Chinese Embassy successful Lagos connected April 26, 2025.

“On 26th April 2025 astatine 10:00, constabulary received accusation from a institution typical that a Chinese embassy successful Lagos called to pass her that the 3 kidnapped victims person been recovered successful the Delta authorities of Nigeria and rescued to the Chinese Embassy successful Lagos,” she said.

DCOP Lydia Donkor stated that, successful recounting their ordeal, the victims revealed they were kidnapped by pirates and transported by oversea for respective hours earlier yet uncovering themselves successful Nigeria’s Delta region.

According to the police, the victims said they were held astatine gunpoint passim their captivity but were aboriginal abandoned by their kidnappers for reasons that stay unknown.

They further recounted that aft being abandoned, they roamed the country successful hunt of assistance and yet arrived astatine a village, wherever residents assisted them and made calls that yet led to their rescue.

“The victims recounted that connected the fateful time of 27th March 2025, the pirates kidnapped them successful 2 speedboats, blindfolded them, covered them with tarpaulin during the daytime, and travelled with them by oversea for astir 24 hours to a marshy country which they aboriginal recovered to beryllium the Delta portion of Nigeria.

“The kidnappers, upon disembarking from the speedboats, brought motorcycles to convey them for astir 2 hours to a riverbank, which they crossed with them connected ft to a makeshift campy wherever they were kept and guarded astatine gunpoint until 25th April 2025, wherever they were abandoned for nary evident reason. According to the rescued victims, they roamed the country connected ft and went to a colony wherever they were assisted to marque calls, which led to their eventual rescue to the Chinese Embassy successful Lagos,” they added.

Meanwhile, the constabulary noted that the 3 victims did not amusement immoderate signs of carnal wounded and were unharmed. However, they were visibly traumatised and were provided with aesculapian attraction upon their accomplishment astatine Kotoka International Airport (KIA) connected April 27, 2025.

Background

The Ghanaian-registered sportfishing vessel, MENGXIN 1, was attacked by pirates connected March 27, 2025.

Preliminary reports indicated that 7 equipped individuals boarded the vessel and fired informing shots, prompting respective unit members to question screen successful a harmless area.

The pirates stayed connected committee for astir 3 hours aft assembling everyone connected platform and confiscating their mobile phones.

Following their departure, the unit came retired of hiding to find the Captain, Chief Mate, and Chief Engineer, each Chinese nationals, missing, who are suspected of being kidnapped by the attackers.

The unit had to sail person to onshore earlier reporting the lawsuit due to the fact that determination was nary mobile web sum astatine sea.

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