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Wave Of Kidnappings In The Bight of Biafra As Pirates Change Tactic - Global Upfront Newspapers

Nigerian pirates kidnapped two government officials in Idabato, a Cameroonian border town in the Bakassi Peninsula, on 1 October 2024. One hostage, Ewane Roland Ekeh, was released on 17 March – after six months in captivity in Nigeria. The second, Etongo Ismael, remains in captivity. Since 2021, counterpiracy measures have been in place in the Bight of Biafra (or Bight of Bonny), an ocean region stretching from the Niger River mouth in Nigeria t…
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defenceWeb broke the news in on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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