USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the first ship permanently assigned to Africa, arrived in Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos on Saturday as part the U.S. government’s support to combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

“Ship visits like this one clearly demonstrate the U.S.’s continued dedication to our partners in the Gulf of Guinea as they strive for security of their resources, their economy, and their people,” Claire Pierangelo, U.S. Consul General in Lagos, told reporters Saturday.

West African loses about 800,000 tons of fish a year, worth almost $2 billion in gross revenue, to illegal activities by both foreign and domestic vessels, Pierangelo said. This removes vast seafood protein from the region.

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The USS Hershel "Woody" Williams ship as it docks in Agadir port, Morocco, on June 11, 2021.Photographer: Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo

Nigerian waters are at the center of the Gulf of Guinea, a vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean stretching from Senegal to Angola that’s the most dangerous part of the world for sailors, accounting for almost all kidnappings at sea in recent years.

“We’re here to train and work with the Nigerian Navy on anti-piracy, tactics, techniques and procedures,” Hershel “Woody” Williams Captain Chad Graham said.

The U.S. investments and donations to the Nigerian military is worth more than $559 million, part of which is the naval coast guard transfers renamed NNS Okpabana and NNS Thunder.

The Covid-19 outbreak and restrictions led to a surge in piracy levels, though that slowed this year and is expected to ease further as economies pick up, Graham said

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-07/u-s-navy-ship-arrives-in-nigeria-to-back-anti-piracy-push

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Extradition moves?

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YeyeGbami:
Which side dem dock, i wan go take pictures

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kmcutez:


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You okay?

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Nonpartisan1:
IpOB Terrorists won't be happy with this news!

May God continue to punish them for all the killings in the South East.

May God punish and annihilate all enemies of the Igbo nation masquerading as Igbo on Nairaland and other online platforms in Jesus name.

Good,lets Stop The Fulani Pirets From Our Water Ways.