The rescued crewmen with the Ambassador and Commodore Kontoh<\/strong><\/p>\nEIGHT TURKISH seafarers abducted from a ship by pirates
\nin Nigeria territorial waters have been rescued by the Ghana Navy and other
\nsecurity agencies after more than 10 days in captivity.<\/p>\n
In what was understood to be an act of piracy, about six
\narmed bandits got onboard the Turkish flagged vessel, Paskoy 1, attacked the
\nvessel and abducted those on board.<\/p>\n
The pirates were reported to have arrived with a speed
\nboat, boarded the vessel and took away 10 out of the total 18 Turkish crew
\nmembers, and later abandoned the ship.<\/p>\n
The pirates fired and destroyed most of the navigational
\nequipment at the bridge, which totally crippled the vessel.<\/p>\n
They then took away the 10 crew members at gunpoint
\nleaving 8 crew members on board, on Saturday, July 13.<\/p>\n
The distressed ship was later rescued and brought to the
\nTema Port by Ghana Navy Ship (GNS) EHWOR<\/p>\n
The navy crew members were conducting routine patrols
\nwhen they swiftly responded to the situation and offered assistance to the
\nTurkish cargo vessel which was attacked in Nigerian waters, while en route to
\nC\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n
The distressed vessel had discharged cargo believed to
\nbe fertilizer in Douala, Cameroun, from Morocco and was coming back to Ivory
\nCoast.<\/p>\n
The eight victims were brought to the
\nTema Port for arrangement for them to return to their home country.<\/p>\n
Commodore James Osei Kontoh, Flag Officer Commanding
\n(FOC) the Eastern Naval Command said the Gulf of Guinea like any other strait
\nhas travelling risks but said the Ghana Navy will continue to patrol the area
\nto bring the criminal activities of pirates to a halt.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cThe Gulf of
\nGuinea area has become very notorious, in terms of piracy and kidnapping, but
\nour resolve is to ensure the waters remain safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs. Ozlem Ergun
\nUlueren, was full of praise for the Ghana Navy and its allied security agencies
\nfor the support.<\/p>\n
From Vincent Kubi, Tema<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rescued crewmen with the Ambassador and Commodore Kontoh EIGHT TURKISH seafarers abducted from a ship by pirates in Nigeria territorial waters have been rescued by the Ghana Navy and other security agencies after more than 10 days in captivity. In what was understood to be an act of piracy, about six armed bandits got […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":665237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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