The desperation by Nigerians to escape poverty and hardship that have defined their present state, and to seek greener pastures in the Western world has raised concern, following the increased number of youths who are stowing away on ships.
•lodge in coastal communities to monitor foreign ships
Immediately, they saw one, they would charter wooden canoes from the coastal communities, pretending to be fishermen, only to paddle behind the vessels. The month of December 2023 recorded the highest arrest of stowaways, with 20 persons , on three different ships: MT UOG CONSTANTINE, with 14 stowaways; a container vessel TEME with four stowaways , both on the Lagos Channel and two stowaways in a vessel named GRANDE GUINEA , on the Lagos Fairway Bouy.
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