Nigeria Leads in Piracy Attacks

Bad news for the Gulf of Guinea.

Report: Nigeria Leads in Piracy Attacks in Gulf of Guinea

Eromosele Abiodun

Despite efforts by the federal government to reduce the cases of piracy and banditry in Nigeria’s territorial waters, the country still leads in pirates attack in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of 2018, a report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed.

IMB in its latest quarterly report said a total of 156 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported to its Piracy Reporting Centre in the first nine months of 2018 compared to 121 for the same period in 2017.

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Source: thisdaylive.com

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