At least 10 pirates have been jailed in Nigeria, local media reports have indicated.
Reports say the pirates were sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court for hijacking a Chinese fishing vessel.
The pirates are said to have kidnapped crew members of the vessel in May 2020.
They were jailed under Nigeria’s anti-piracy law passed in 2019.
Reuters News Agency reported that a federal court judge also ordered the guilty men to pay a fine of $600 (£435) and said they were “an embarrassment to the nation” that had “impacted the economy negatively”
By Melvin Tarlue