Boat conveying 11 passengers allegedly hijacked by pirates in Rivers

A boat conveying 11 passengers from Bille Jetty in Port Harcourt to Bonny Island in Rivers State have allegedly been hijacked by pirates.

The passengers were said to have boated on a journey to Bonny Island before it was allegedly hijacked and no word has been heard from them since Tuesday.

The Chairman of the Bonny Maritime Union Workers, Henry Jumbo, who broke the news to journalists on Wednesday, said the boat left the Bille Jetty at about 8am on Tuesday, adding that no word had been heard from any of the passengers that travelled in it, including the boat driver.

Jumbo said: “Our boat that left Port Harcourt yesterday with 11 passengers and the driver has been apprehended by unknown gunmen. We have not seen the boat, the driver and the 11 passengers since then.”