Bonny kingdom was last weekend thrown into mourning as sea pirates waylaid a speed boat at the Sodieneye Kiri axis of the LGA. By the time the heartless sea pirates were through with their operation, one of the passengers was reportedly dead, while three (3) female occupants of the speed boat were raped.
The deceased was simply identified as Mr. Maclyton A. B. Halliday, who was a one time leader of Bonny Youths Federation. Information revealed that when the dreaded sea pirates numbering about three (3) and armed with gun intercepted the passengers boat, they asked the deceased (Halliday) to jump down from the boat and he obeyed for fear of being shot, but unfortunately, he got drowned, while the women who were taken to the seashore were mercilessly raped.
Sources hinted this weekly that property worth thousands of naira were also carted away from the victims.
As at the time of filing in this report, one of the sea pirates was apprehended and is now in police net for interrogation. ###
