Nigeria: Piracy - Police Draft 16 Gunboats, 6,000 Officers to Bayelsa Creeks

19 November 2017

The Police in Bayelsa have deployed 16 patrol gunboats and 6,000 police officers to tackle sea piracy and criminality in Bayelsa waterways to ensure safety of the water channels.

The Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, Asuquo Amba, revealed this in Yenagoa on Saturday during a visit by members of the state chapter of the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO.

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