The Sunday Independent

Piracy

NIGERIA unveiled $195 million (R2.6 billion) worth of boats, vehicles and aircraft to spearhead the government’s Deep Blue programme to fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

The equipment will enable security forces to patrol the waters off the country’s coast more effectively and restore confidence to vessels operating in the area.

Nigeria borders on an expanse of the Atlantic Ocean that’s become the most perilous part of the world for sailors, accounting for almost all kidnappings at sea in recent years. |

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