Some suspected Pro-Biafran militants, who hijacked a merchant vessel off the coast of Nigeria on Friday would be treated as criminals and saboteurs, the Defense Headquarters vowed on Tuesday.
The ship, believed to be an oil tanker, was said to have been hijacked by some militants, who issued a 31-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.
The Director of Defense Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, confirming the incident on Tuesday said, “Well, I can confirm to you that a vessel, a tanker with the name MT LEON DIAS with number 9279927, was hijacked 7.5 nautical miles off Cotonou port.
The ship is presently in Benin Republic. It is a merchant ship. “I must add that on this issue of militancy, there are no more militants now, what we have are criminals. The Amnesty program has taken care of the militants.”
