ProWalker:
This is is what people have been saying all these years on Nairaland when Iboes come here to say Yorubas and Northerners are the ones sabotaging the Eastern ports.

Meanwhile, the people causing problems there are the likes of Don Wanny of this world, militants that are ready to shoot down the whole crew members on a vessel, the security men conniving with illegal bunkers and a gamut of criminals hiding in creeks and waters in that axis.

Blue3k:
Amaechi needs stop the theatrics. What more has to happen before you deem it necessary to speak? Just say their names like Chris Brown did Karrueche.

kernel504:



How come cruel oil vessels aren't hijacked in the Eastern or Southern part of Nigeria since there water ways are full of pirates?

I hate lies, government doesn't feel safe having a port in the East and South South because of the Biafra/Nigeria war, simple.

Blue3k:


Didn't you read article. The fuel vessels have more protection. Second this isn't a lie you can look up piracy reports yourself where incidents happen. Unless you want to say the insurance industry, ICC and sailors are all lying.

kernel504:



Brother, fuel vessels (tankers) don't have more protection than container ships, you may need to read up maritime journals. Pirates operates mostly on high sea, not sea ports. What we have there are those boys used by government taxing ships just like Agboro in the park with government backing.

Blue3k:


Ok here's an example of oil tanker coming to Nigeria getting fires on. Location Around 25nm SE of Brass. It's high seas and the incidents of piracy happen more often in eastern waters. It wouldnt be considered piracy if it happened at sea port because you have be 10 nautical miles from coast i believe. There are also sea robbers and kidnappers but those numbers are harder to find.

There were others as well futher out to.

kernel504:



Brother, East Brass is not East Nigeria, but Eastern Brass. Brass, is located in South South.We don't have direct access to the sea, check you map. We have Rivers, non is dredged for heavy ship, get your facts right.

So the question is still how did pirates invade Eastern ships in Eastern waters, when heavy ships can't enroute there?

kernel504:



How come cruel oil vessels aren't hijacked in the Eastern or Southern part of Nigeria since there water ways are full of pirates?

I hate lies, government doesn't feel safe having a port in the East and South South because of the Biafra/Nigeria war, simple.

vanessaRN:

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that cabals are frustrating the recently approved $198m maritime security contract.

Amaechi vowed to publicly mention names of saboteurs while speaking at a Maritime Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum held in Warri, Delta State on Thursday.

He said “Reason, why vessels will not come to the Eastern ports, is because there is war insurance due to insecurity in the ports here.

“The war insurance means if the goods cost N10,000 in Lagos, it will cost N20,000 here because there is an extra cost on it due to Insecurity issues. Even as a minister, I can’t enter a boat ride from Warri to Port Harcourt due to insecurity issues, but I can move around Lagos at any time of the day.

“I once asked a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, why people from Anambra don’t import from Port Harcourt port, and he said it cost less to import from Lagos and move to Onitsha even with the price they pay on the road. It is cheaper to import from Lagos to Aba, yet Aba to Port Harcourt is a 30-minute drive.

“For shipowners, you need to do a petition to Mr President. The President approved a contract of $195m for maritime security, but there are people in the system sabotaging the contract because it will restore security in the water. I won’t say who they are until it gets out of control. We are still battling for the contract to take place, but if it gets out of place, we will name them publicly, including the security people involved.

“There are people who make billions of Dollars from the insecurity on the water, so they don’t want security on the water because if we secure the water, all their rubbish will go.

“There are businesses which provide the vessel for oil companies in the name of providing security. The moment we secure the water, they are out of jobs?

source
https://www.reportnaija.ng/2018/02/23/amaechi-vows-release-names-sabotaging-security/

kernel504:



Brother, East Brass is not East Nigeria, but Eastern Brass. Brass, is located in South South.We don't have direct access to the sea, check you map. We have Rivers, non is dredged for heavy ship, get your facts right.

So the question is still how did pirates invade Eastern ships in Eastern waters, when heavy ships can't enroute there?

PrecisionFx:



There is nothing like SS.

We only have eastern Nigeria.

kernel504:


Haha haha... I believe you're an adult, please check Nigeria regions. Even from the picture shown by ICC, it was clearly written "Eastern Brass", I wouldn't know what you are aiming at by denying the obvious.

PrecisionFx:

Eastern brass is a place in eastern Nigeria. There's no confusion there, except the one ur creating.

kernel504:



I'm not responsible for your ignorance, hit the road.

Blue3k:


What are talking about? I was talking about eastern ports and waters. You mention SS in your initial mention claiming ships don't get attacked. Who told you bug ships can't birth there did you look up the depth charts of the sea ports to compare them. Check NPA website.

The SE wasn't even part of the discussion. The river ports are annother matter. The money allocates isn't for river ports.

Ratello:
This yam headed clown is the loudest noise maker in this government. Too full of himself

ProWalker:


The guy is confused, he obviously can't differentiate between the rivers of Onitsha and the high seas