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Anti-Piracy Law: Court Convicts Kidnapping Pirates after
Hijacking Vessel
The Federal High Court (FHC) Port Harcourt yesterday convicted 3
of the 9 accused persons who on 21 March 2020 hijacked an
Equatorial Guinea flagged vessel, MV ELOBEY VI off Equatorial
Guinea coast.
Justice Ishaq Sani summarily convicted Binaebi Johnson, Daniel
Lemmar and Ghane Gordon on Counts 1 and 2. The three were convicted
under the new Anti-Piracy Act 2019 and ordered to pay a fine of N10
Million Naira each on each of the Counts.
It could be recalled that the Nigerian Navy (NN) had arrested
Binaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmar, Ghane Gordon, Hassan Hakeem,
Gregory Smith, Ofem Uket, John Mark, Chidi Amadi and Eze Amadi who
were suspected to be members of the kidnapping syndicate that
undertook the hijacking incident.
It was reported that the kidnappers demanded for a $2 million
ransom out of which $200,000 ransom was eventually paid.
After their arrest by the NN, the suspects were arraigned before
the FHC, Port Harcourt on 23 July 2020 on a 7 count charge to which
all the accused persons pleaded not guilty.
As a result, the counsel to the accused persons made an
application for bail pending conclusion of the trial.
Accordingly, the matter was adjourned to 10, 11 and 12 August
2020 for ruling on the bail application and commencement of the
trial.
During the hearing, the prosecution filed an amended charge
dated 7 August 2020. In its ruling on the bail application, the
bail application was not granted because the accused persons may
not make themselves available to stand trial if granted bail.
Consequently, the court arraigned the accused persons on the
amended charges.
During the proceedings, Binaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmar and Ghane
Gordon pleaded guilty to counts 1 and 2 and not guilty to counts 3
– 5 while the remaining 6 accused persons pleaded not guilty to the
charges against them.
Accordingly, the prosecutor applied to the court to withdraw the
charges on which the accused persons pleaded not guilty. The prayer
was granted and the accused persons were discharged on counts 3 –
5.
SULEMAN DAHUN
Commodore
Navy Spokesperson for Chief of the Naval Staff