The effort of Federal Government in combating maritime crimes on waters may have begun to yield results, as the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), in its latest report, revealed a drastic reduction in the rate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
The report said that piracy in the region dropped from 33 incidents in the last quarter of 2020 to six in the second quarter of 2021. IMB said the development gave credence to Nigeria’s efforts in combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, including the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure also called the Deep Blue Project.
The IMB second quarter (Q2) 2021 report on the global reduction of piracy in 27 years in Nigeria, including the Gulf of Guinea region, stated that “the number of kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea in the second quarter of 2021 is the lowest since Q2 of 2019.
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