The stowaways are Ahmed Azeez (24), Tunde Yagba (33), Ajose Kehinde (33) and Adewale Sunday (25).
It was learnt that Sunday has been admitted into an undisclosed hospital because of an ulcerous wound. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Maritime Police Command, Muhammed Katsina, said upon interrogation, it was discovered that the particular route the suspects took was an easy corridor for human trafficking, drug peddling, gunrunning, piracy, smuggling and hostage taking.
He said: “From the account of the suspects, this had been a recurring phenomenon in the maritime environment as most of them claimed to have previously gone through this process to South Africa, Spain and Canada only to be deported.
“We will redesign the methodology of our operation by seating with the Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and other sister agencies to cover the maritime environment. So that whenever they want to use this corridor to commit crime, they will be arrested and prosecuted within the ambits of the law.”
One of the suspects, Azeez, said: “I had no option but to travel out of the country since I could not make it in Nigeria. I did not want to steal so I decided to travel. Although I was in South Africa before I was deported, I decided to try France after some of my friends who had earlier gone to France called me to come over. We did not steal the boat. We paid a fisherman N500 to ferry us across to the vessel.”
http://newtelegraphonline.com/four-stowaways-arrested-malaysia-bound-ship/
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