Gunmen suspected to be pirates on Monday attacked 10 passenger boats off Nigeria's Niger Delta Bayelsa State, Xinhua news agency reported. The victims were dispossessed of their valuables by the gunmen along the Sagbatoru-Igweta-Iwoama waterways in the southern state's Nembe Local Government Area.
A passenger, Efe Victory, said the armed men came in three speed boats and rounded up the passenger boats before diverting them to the creeks and began searching the passengers.
A security source said a 26-year-old man was soaked with petrol by the gunmen and was almost set ablaze for failing to hand over his mobile phone.
The incident, which lasted more than one hour, affected guests heading to the burial ceremony of a woman whose son is a politician in the state.
A spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command could not be reached for comments.
Piracy and armed robbery in Nigerian waterways have been increasing in recent years and have attracted attention of the international community.
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