Photo: Captain Allegedly Murdered By Crew Members On-Board

 

The Nigerian police is currently investigating the brutal murder of a senior captain of ORC

 Fishing and Food Processing Limited located at Kirikiri Phase 2, Apapa, Lagos. 

The deceased, identified as Captain Aiyenumelo Felix of Nigeria Marine Navy, was allegedly

 killed by his crew members on board, on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in the Atlantic 

Ocean, within Nigeria’s territorial waters.

Although details surrounding the death of Aiyenumelo Felix are still sketchy, it was gathered

 that the mutilated body of the captain was found by another vessel two days after he was

 declared missing by crew members, with an iron anchor tied on his neck.

When the remains of the late captain arrived the company’s operational base at Kirikiri

 phase 2, blood was still gushing out of the bloated body, which had several deep cuts on the

 head and hands, suggesting that he must have been murdered before he was thrown into

 the waters.

Speaking to Vanguard at the scene, Captain Romans, a relative of the deceased, said when

 the incident happened, the company refused to contact family members.

“I had to personally go to the company to confirm the incident when I first heard about it. 

When I asked the GM why they didn’t contact the family members, he said they didn’t have 

the contact address of the Captain’s family.

“I wondered how the company will not have the family contact of a man who had worked for

 them for over 20 years,” he lamented.

Fenyintola, second son of the deceased, who was still in shock, said: “My father initially

 refused to go with the vessel because he was not feeling too well, as he came back from 

sea several weeks back after sustaining an arm injury.

“He was still receiving treatment when they forced him to board, threatening to fire him if he

 refused to board. See how they have killed him.”

While investigating the case, the police arrested several persons, many of who had since

 been released.

The General Manager of the company and Group Chief Security officer, Commissioner of

 Police Essient (retd) were under pressure from the deceased family members, who

 protested the undue delay in presentation of the corpse for identification.

They were initially told to report to the company’s office at about 7am to identify the corpse

 but had to wait for six hours for the vessel bearing the remains to finally arrive.

Ten crew members, who were on board with the late captain have been arrested by the

 Marine Police from Marine headquarters, Onikan, while the remains of the deceased had

 been deposited in the mortuary.

It was gathered that the captain, survived by his wife and six children, comprising four girls

 and two boys, had worked for the company for over 20 years before his brutal murder.