AN ocean-going vessel, MV Spirit, with no fewer than 20 foreigners on board, was hijacked and the entire crew taken hostage by militants in Delta State, yesterday.Six soldiers were injured in the process.
The identities of the foreigners were not available as at press time but their kidnap is not unconnected with the face-off between the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger Delta and the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) over an alleged attack on two militant camps in the state, which the JTF denied.
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