Dr Deen made the suggestion when commenting on\u00a0the arrest of of about eight-suspected Nigerian pirates<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0alleged to have hijacked an oil vessel in Nigeria.<\/p>\n He observed that there is a high possibility that the eight-suspected pirates could be extradited to Nigeria for trial.<\/p>\n Dr.Kamal Deen Ali who is also the Director of Research at the Ghana Armed Forces, explained that \u201cIt is just not Ghana that has the absolute interest and rights to trial, \u00a0Nigeria also has that interest and rights so it may well be that some process can be put in place that the culprits may be extradited to Nigeria,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The alleged hijacked vessel, MV Mariam, was said to be carrying about 1,500 tonnes of crude oil when\u00a0the pirates seized it.<\/p>\n The pirates are reported to have turned the vessel around and entered the territorial waters of Ghana but a tracking device on the vessel, enabled the owner to trace and report it to Ghana’s Navy for the arrest to be made.<\/p>\n In a related development, Ghana\u2019s Navy is leading an international force to search for the cargo on board the hijacked\u00a0vessel<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0Ghanaian Security Services believe that the pirates managed to transfer the ship\u2019s cargo into another vessel prior to their arrest.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n![\"Nigerians](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Nigerians-with-guns-1024x768.jpg\")
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