The Nigerian Navy (NN) has said, it intercepted and rescued Motor Tanker (MT) MONJASA REFORMER with 10  crew off the Island of Principe at about on March 31.

The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement in Abuja.

Ayo-Vaughan said MT MONJASA REFORMER with IMO number 9255878 was attacked and boarded by pirates on March 25th, around 144 nautical miles (nm) West-South-West of Pointe-Noire, Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to him, the Nigerian Navy swung into action upon receipt of the incident, which was conveyed to the Nigerian Navy by the West Africa Regional Maritime Security Centre (CRESMAO) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.