Nigerian Navy Arrests Eight Suspected Stowaways Onboard Charminar Panama

The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, Apapa Lagos, has arrested eight stowaways from a Tanker Ship, Charminar Panama which was on its way out of the country to Europe, in the early hours of Thursday.

The stowaways, all Nigerians, said to have sneaked into the vessel under the cover of darkness, were found inside the vessel’s rudder compartment with some loaves of bread, biscuits and sachets of water, within Lagos Anchorage.

This is just as the Base also arrested six suspects, among them a female who had been impersonating the Navy.

While handing over the stowaways to the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS in Apapa, the Base Operation Officer, Lieutenant Commander Tunde Ali, explained that “At about 2.20 am on Wednesday, September 28, 2023, the Base patrol team received information on the presence of eight suspected stowaways onboard Charminar Panama.