Ten pirates have been handed a twelve-year jail sentence each for hijacking a Chinese fishing vessel, FV Hai Lu Feng II, in May 2020. The convicts said to be residents in Nigeria were identified as Frank Abaka, Jude Ebaragha, Shina Alolo, Joshua Iwiki, David Akinseye, Ahmed Toyin, Shobajo Saheed, Adekole Philip, Matthew Masi, and Bright Agbedeyi. They pleaded "not guilty" after being arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on the hijacking of the vessel in international waters off the coast of Cote D’Ivoire. The convicts who were first arraigned by the Office of the...