No fewer than ten Nigerian stowaways have been arrested by the Ghana Navy onboard the Panamanian-flagged merchant vessel, Grand Venus, in Tema, following a distress call from the ship’s captain.
Preliminary findings revealed that the suspects, all Nigerians, secretly boarded the vessel while it was docked at Lagos Port, Apapa, Nigeria.
According to a statement by the Department of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces, the arrest took place on Friday, October 31, 2025, after the Navy received a distress call from the ship’s captain at a position around latitude 05°34? North and longitude 000°05? East. The call prompted the swift deployment of the Ghana Navy Ship Yogaba BA to the location. (New Telegraph, excluding headline)
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