{"id":90682,"date":"2015-02-11T12:49:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T12:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=90682"},"modified":"2015-02-11T12:49:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T12:49:40","slug":"lawyer-angry-over-denied-access-to-suspected-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=90682","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer for suspected pirates denied access to clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Uche Nwosu, lawyer for the eight suspected pirates who allegedly seized a Nigerian vessel carrying oil, has said he is being denied access to\u00a0his clients\u00a0by the police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;5Bjm4MFR15mLYaN1LpR3U1brWoMpmXLW&#8221;]Addressing the court on Wednesday, Mr. Nwosu said he has not been granted access to his clients since their last appearance in court a fortnight ago and therefore sort a court order to compel the police to grant him access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further told the court that the fundamental rights of his clients were being breached.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the Accra Magistrate <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/27\/8-nigerian-pirates-remanded-in-police-custody\/#sthash.XddqIFAV.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Court remanded the eight suspected pirates<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in police custody pending further investigations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Eastern Naval Command in Tema <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/19\/suspected-nigerian-pirates-handed-over-to-bni\/#sthash.pDE8kD5w.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">arrested the eight Nigerian suspected pirates<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>few weeks ago for hijacking an oil vessel in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghanaian Security Services say the pirates managed to transfer the ship\u2019s cargo into another vessel before their arrest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vessel, MV Mariam, was carrying about 1,500 tonnes of crude oil at the time it was hijacked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pirates reportedly turned the vessel around and entered the territorial waters of Ghana but were arrested upon\u00a0a tip off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The eight have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and piracy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Godwin Allotey Akweiteh &amp; Fred Djabanor \/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uche Nwosu, lawyer for the eight suspected pirates who allegedly seized a Nigerian vessel carrying oil, has said he is being denied access to\u00a0his clients\u00a0by the police. 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