Some youths suspected to be sea pirates in Gbagira village in the llaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have reportedly killed four naval ratings.
The naval men were killed while trying to rescue three foreigners from being abducted in the area.
One of the sea pirates was however apprehended in a suburb of Awoye community in the Ilaje Local Government Area.
A source said the suspected kidnappers, who eventually abducted the foreigners, came from Balyesa State.
The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base(FoB) in Igbokoda, Navy Commodore Danjuma Ndanusa, said he had directed community leaders to produce the stolen weapons of the deceased or face the wrath of law.
Ndanusa said one of the pirates that was apprehended had confessed that the missing rifles were in the community
