13 militants killed in gun battle with Navy

The Nigerian Navy has announced the recovery of MT NOTRE in the early hours of Monday from armed militants who hijacked it.

MT NOTRE, carrying 17,000 metric tonnes of petrol, was hijacked by the armed militants in the Gulf of Guinea.

In the process of recovering the vessel, the officers and men of the Nigerian Navy shot dead 13 of the militants, who engaged them in a gun battle.

The shootout reportedly lasted over 30 minutes.