If you read the news below you will see that it is all the colonial countries taking turns to Patrol West African waters. Recall "Lagos" is a Portuguese name so maybe Portugal is patrolling their colonial possession?

The annoying thing is they always pretending as if it's to "help". This was how they came into mali and sahel under the presence of fighting jihadists.... in actual fact they were training jihadists in kidal, mali.

This deployment is in response to the coups in guinea, mali and burkina.

Europe has not left Africa alone.

Western Europeans = the black man's burden

The European Union (EU) has disclosed its commitment towards extending the Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) programme, enabling it to continue to deploy its members’ warships to the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) to stem piracy in the region.

The EU, in an External Action Service memo, addressed to the Political and Security Committee, stated that the Gulf of Guinea has continued to be particularly dangerous for seafarers. It noted that none of the coastal navies, with the partial exception of Nigeria, can operate the required high-sea patrol boats to respond to attacks.

This followed the review of the CMP pilot programme in which member states have been deploying warships to the region over the last two years. The EU expressed the need to maintain its presence, considering the ongoing threat of piracy and other illegal activities in the region.

The bloc is proposing a two-year extension of the CMP mandates, starting from January this year and has outlined deployments of Danish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish warships into the region.

According to the EU, Denmark will patrol West Africa’s waters for four months; Spain, seven and a half months; France for 11 months, Italy for eight months and Portugal for three and half months.

The deployment will ensure a continuous EU presence in the Gulf of Guinea with at least one ship in the area.

The EU added that West Africa’s coastal navies’ response to the threats on the high seas is not always a possibility or a priority.

Recall that the Gulf of Guinea experienced a nearly 50 per cent increase in kidnapping for ransom between 2018 and 2019, and around 10 per cent increase between 2019 and 2020. Although the region accounts for just over 95 per cent of all kidnappings for ransom at sea, the number of incidents in piracy and armed robbery remained consistently lower in 2021 than in 2019 or 2020.

The EU believes that the risks of pirate activity this year remain high, mainly in the coastal waters of Togo and Gabon, with Nigeria as the centre of gravity.

“Possible attacks might focus on targets closer to the Niger Delta, changing the modus operandi in light of increased naval presence. Pirates might start operating closer to their place of origin, enabling them to flee if being intercepted.

This result could be assessed as a consequence, on the one hand, of the efforts made by regional navies and security agencies and, on the other hand, the increased and permanent presence of international assets in the area,” the EU memo noted.

The EU launched the CMP in 2019 and commenced its implementation a year later, responding to urgent pleas from European shipping interests. Last year, five-member states deployed naval ships in the region, granting the continuous presence of at least one ship throughout the year.

The bloc believes that the pilot programme has proven that the CMP concept can be an effective and useful instrument to contribute to maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea.

Source = https://guardian.ng/business-services/eu-to-deploy-warships-in-gulf-of-guinea-to-stem-piracy/

Western Europeans = the black man's burden

Why is west Africa not patrolling their waters themselves?? This is a serious security issue.

West Africa is collapsing and the western imperialists are gearing up for some scramble. Huge oil and gas deposits offshore. Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso already had their coups riddled with all sorts of volatile realities. Cotedevoir is on the edge. Niger, Chad and Cameroon are all ravaged by some low intensity warfares. Nigerias implosion starts sometime this years when a myopic Buhari starts to press all the button as he doubles down on Fulani colonialism.

There will be a push back which might ignite all sorts of violent activities. Knowing the west and how greedy they're when it comes to feeding from the carcass of the dead, like vultures, the sharks are circling. We will start fighting and they will be distributing arms to different parts to keep you all busy while they suck all the oil and gas offshore.. They did it in somalia, they are doing it in Congo Kinshasa as we speak.., looks like the next bus stop is Lady Shaws Nigeria. Blame the jan-jaweed party and her evil supporters..

owobokiri:
West Africa is collapsing and the western imperialists are gearing up for some scramble. Huge oil and gas deposits offshore. Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso already had their coups riddled with all sorts of volatile realities. Cotedevoir is on the edge. Niger, Chad and Cameroon are all ravaged by some low intensity warfares. Nigerias implosion starts sometime this years when a myopic Buhari starts to press all the button as he doubles down on Fulani colonialism.

There will be a push back which might ignite all sorts of violent activities. Knowing the west and how greedy they're when it comes to feeding from the carcass of the dead, like vultures, the sharks are circling. We will start fighting and they will be distributing arms to different parts to keep you all busy while they suck all the oil and gas offshore.. They did it in somalia, they are doing it in Congo Kinshasa as we speak.., looks like the next bus stop is Lady Shaws Nigeria. Blame the jan-jaweed party and her evil supporters..

But why is no west African country protesting this?? This means the sea borders are still as vulnerable as they were in 1850 and any of these ships could technically invade Nigeria...

We should start by changing "Lagos" to a Yoruba name else when it's Portugals turn to Patrol dem go dey think say na dem get Lagos.

BigBashiru:


But why is no west African country protesting this?? This means the sea borders are still as vulnerable as they were in 1850 and any of these ships could technically invade Nigeria...

We should start by changing "Lagos" to a Yoruba name else when it's Portugals turn to Patrol dem go dey think say na dem get Lagos.

Some parts of Nigerias sea shore is being patrolled by some foreign companies. Different Nigerian government concessioned that. There's a reason why Nigeria records the highest amount of smuggled oil amongst the major oil producing countries. You didn't read when the fat Senate president Lawan enjoined senators not to discuss that in public sometime last year? The oil majors kmow more about the Nigerian waterways than The Nigerian navy! Investigate..

owobokiri:


Some parts of Nigerias sea shore is being patrolled by some foreign companies. Different Nigerian government concessioned that. There's a reason why Nigeria records the highest amount of smuggled oil amongst the major oil producing countries. You didn't read when the fat Senate president Lawan enjoined senators not to discuss that in public sometime last year? The oil majors kmow more about the Nigerian waterways than The Nigerian navy! Investigate..

Concessioning national security to a foreign company is a national disgrace..... and the entire successive FG doesn't deem it fit to bring it into the country. National disgrace!