The suspects are Kwekwu Asamua, John Okhian, Joe Mcgee, Ibrahim Sola, lkechukwu Obi, Maxwell Madu and Papa Omomobi.
According to Rear Admiral Ango, Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested persons boarded the
vessel while it was discharging its products and their intention was to follow the vessel to Holland.
He noted that the suspects have been handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service for further investigation and prosecution.
The FOC also stressed that the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Usman Jibrin, had zero tolerance for all maritime crimes within Nigeria's space.
The stowaways were said to have sneaked on board an international maritime vessel; MT ELECTRA BARI ship, which had come to discharge petroleum products at Apapa tank farms. But were arrested off the Fairway buoy, Lagos.
One of the stowaways, Asamua said this would be his second attempt after the first attempt to enter Europe illegally. Another stowaway, Madu, blamed frustration for attempting to travel abroad.
An NIS representative, Supt. Oloruntoba Gabriel of the Marine Command, received the stowaways from Navy. He said investigations would continue with a view to ascertaining the claims of their nationalities before they could be prosecuted.
