Ghana drops piracy charges

Remaining Nigerians await trial.

State drops charges against two Ghanaians

The State has dropped charges against two Ghanaians who were arrested suspected to have aided eight Nigerian pirates.

The state has dropped charges against two Ghanaians arrested in connection with the hijacking of the Nigerian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the territorial waters of Ghana.

The two George Opata Okrah, a freight forwarder, and Joel Yaw Attah, a shipping agent were arraigned before court and charged with piracy and conspiracy to commit piracy.

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Source: pulse.com.gh