Nigeria Navy nabs four stowaways aboard Dubai vessel

<p>The Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT on Monday apprehended an 18-year-old boy and three other stowaways onboard a container vessel, TEME EXPRESS, heading to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.</p>, <p>This was revealed in a statement released on Wednesday by H. A. Collins, the Base Information Officer for NNS BEECROFT.</p>, <p>Michael Daniel, 18, from Ondo State; Ebi Agrive, 22 from Bayelsa State; Lucky Amusu, 23, from Lagos State; and Goodness Edu, 28, from Akwa Ibom State, are among the stowaways.</p>, <p>Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, the Commander of NNS BEECROFT, stated that the arrest was made on November 13 based on intelligence obtained from the Maritime Domain Awareness Facility.</p>, <p>The statement read in part, “The NNS BEECROFT patrol team, while on a routine patrol, successfully extracted and apprehended some individuals on Monday, November 13, onboard a container vessel TEME EXPRESS, which was en route to Dubai.</p>, <p>“The tactical teams were dispatched to the vessel at the Lagos Anchorage, the sequel to receiving information from the Maritime Domain Awareness Facility, the Falcon Eye Alignment.”</p>