SEA pirates, who operated in Mbo Local Government Council axis of the Gulf of Guinea, last week drowned a seven-month old baby. It was learnt that when the pirates struck in Effiat in Mbo Local Government Area, the baby’s mother concealed her money in the baby’s sanitary pad. The pirates, who seized five boats loaded with crayfish and collected sums of money from fishermen, were said to have found the money in the sanitary pad where the woman concealed it after thorough search. Punch has more:
Angered by the finding, the pirates were said to have taken the baby from the mother and threw it violently into the sea where the baby drowned. The development was presented as a matter of urgent public importance by a member representing Mbo State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr. Asuquo Ufuo, on Friday.
He stated that Mbo people had suffered untold hardship in the hands of sea pirates, who attacked them and other surrounding coastal communities in the state without restraint. “Our people are living in fear. Sea pirates unleash mayhem on them at any given time. They cannot go to sea to fish; and at sea, the pirates will ambush them and dispossess them of money and whatever they can find on them. They also steal their outboard engines and boats.
“Most shocking is the woman, who upon sighting approaching militants/pirates decided to conceal her money in her baby’s sanitary pad. “After the bandits had finished dispossessing residents of their money and were about to leave, they suddenly returned and asked the woman to surrender her money. “The woman was said to have pleaded that there was no money with her, the pirates decided to conduct a thorough search and in the process, they discovered the concealed money. They took the baby from the mother and wickedly drowned the baby after taking the money,” he said.
