SANITY IN THE GULF OF GUINEA The Nigerian Navy and NIMASA deserve commendation for making our waters safe Reports that the Gulf of Guinea recorded only three acts of piracy aga
Reports that the Gulf of Guinea recorded only three acts of piracy against ships in 2022 while the number of kidnappings in the area dropped to two from 146 in 2019 are gratifying. According to the Maritime Information Cooperation and Awareness Center , a France-based branch of the International Maritime Bureau , worldwide acts of piracy fell to their lowest level last year since statistics were first established in 2008.
For years, the Gulf of Guinea has acquired a notorious reputation with regular pirate attacks on merchant and fishing vessels. For instance, the 2021 report by the International Chamber of Commerce’s IMB revealed that over 95 per cent of the 135 shipping crew members kidnapped the previous year were recorded in the Gulf of Guinea and mostly on Nigerian waters. “Incidents in the Gulf of Guinea are particularly dangerous, as over 80 per cent of attackers were armed with guns,” the IMB had stated.
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