Pirate attacks on the coast of Nigeria reduced significantly in the first half of 2017, following some measures adopted by the Federal Government, the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has said.
Dan-Ali disclosed this in Rome at the end of a two-day meeting of representatives of Governments of G7++ Friends of Gulf of Guinea and representatives of Gulf of Guinea States. He said only four successful attacks were recorded out of 16 of such attempted attacks during the period. The minister noted that, when compared to same period in 2016, there were more attacks as 36 successful attacks were recorded out of 55 attempted attacks. Dan-Ali, however, expressed concern of Nigeria about IUUF – Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing activities by foreign flagged ships in the nation’s coastal area. He said that Nigeria was also concerned about the persistent involvement of other nationals in the crude oil theft and piracy activities in the Niger Delta.
