The victims comprising three Ghanaians and one Nigerian were said to have been kidnapped on Thursday behind the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Ibaka waterways on their way to the sea for fishing expedition.
Counsel representing some of the fishermen, Ogunbiyi Oluwajuwon, who disclosed this to our correspondent in Uyo Friday, said the pirates attacked four separate boats and carried away their outboard engines in an operation which lasted for several hours.Lamenting that the attack on fishermen by sea pirates was becoming a daily occurrence, Oluwajuwon said some fishermen have stopped going to sea for fear of being kidnapped.
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