Nigerian Navy high command has said it is intensifying operations through the use of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) to locate a tanker boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, less than three weeks after the hijacking of a tanker named MT Monjasa Reformer on the high sea.
According to the naval spokesman, Olukayode Ayo-Vaughan, the attack took place in the deep sea, off the coast of Ivory Coast and not in Nigerian waters.
His words: “The attack happened deep sea off the coast of Ivory Coast not in Nigerian waters. We are making efforts using our Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) System with various partners to locate the position of the vessel before further action on assistance to be rendered.”
The Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade–Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG) information centre had reported that the latest incident occurred on Monday, April 10 approximately 300 nautical miles south-southwest of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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