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| Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by polyte(op): 6:06pm On Sep 11, 2025 |
Out of concerns and worries for how Nigerians handle national asset i decide to pen these issue of high importance.. About 2 to 3 years ago, fenders of Apapa Ports Quay apron - meant to absorb shock when ships berth were replaced, almost a 100 units of them with heavy chains, numbering 4 per unit used to secure them in the event of falling off, either jammed by ships or as a result of broken bolts. Today, all of those chains have been removed by the men disguising as fishermen. talking from safety aspect, if any of those fenders falls, nothing suspends it and can be very injurious to ship hull. The questions are many: 1. who are these ''fishermen''? 2. where is the NPA surveillance to ensure key ports infrastructures are kept safe? 3. where are these chains sold to and who are the buyers? Government agencies in charge of ports security should please wake up to their responsibility!
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| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by alpharoyalty: 8:10pm On Sep 11, 2025 |
Thank you for this post. Seun should push this informative post to front page . Hopefully someone in government will pick it up |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by BlackyOne: 7:23am On Sep 12, 2025 |
You lie! This has nothing to do with fishermen! This fenders suffered from mechanical and environmental failures. Don't also forget the marine police checkpoints on that area (wharf, breakwater, ladol/SHIN to tincan, nigerdock, Liverpool, kirikiri etc) is much more than any land checkpoint in Nigeria. Point your finger towards the port facilities maintenance and security team, and those hausa truck drivers, if you suspect it was stolen |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by emmabest2000(m): 7:51am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Fisher thieves men Hope you are ok with this answer 9ar na hustle land |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by ppogba: 7:52am On Sep 12, 2025 |
polyte:Kudos to you for bringing this to national prominence. This is civic responsibility at its peak. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Redoil: 7:53am On Sep 12, 2025 |
that is the problem of Nigerians. facilities that were installed more than 60years ago and they are blaming the malfunctions on the innocent fishermen instead of them to Point their finger towards the port facilities maintenance and security team, and those hausa truck drivers, if you suspect it was stolen BlackyOne: |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Tbagwell80: 7:53am On Sep 12, 2025 |
BlackyOne:Even with the fishermen in quote, you still typed this. He has done his part, let the body in charge do investigation and release a statement. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Northernblood7(m): 7:54am On Sep 12, 2025 |
They have no other handwork other than stealing and agbero. A mistake in a country |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by boxypane: 7:54am On Sep 12, 2025 |
What a people in a nation. Most don't care about the consequences of their actions so long as they eat... |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by FutureFocus: 7:55am On Sep 12, 2025 |
We must learn to take care of things , particularly our infrastructure |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Tbagwell80: 7:56am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Redoil:All these half baked graduates or poorly educated men in Nigeria. Comprehension is your problem. He has done his civic duty by bringing this up as a concerned Nigerian. What has he done wrong? The title says fishermen or thieves and the question part has the fishermen in quote ("fishermen" yet you're excited for the wrong reason. Let the authority investigate and release a statement. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by id4sho(m): 7:57am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Those chains are at the sea bed, loosing it and putting on boats ain't easy task on water |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Lithiumite: 7:57am On Sep 12, 2025 |
polyte:It not only the ports.....critical road infrastructure like bridge expansion joints are being damaged and metal components stolen.....a vivid example is the mile 2 bridge in ward and out ward Maza Maza.....the damage done to that place would do damage to any vehicle that unknowingly run over it, same thing on the arepo-magboro bridge on the Lagos Ibadan express way so also cable meant for runway lighting at our airports.....I wonder why people can be so despicably deviant not caring about safety of others......they will come blame tinubu for bad roads .....these criminals needs to be dealt with as a national security threat |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Lithiumite: 7:59am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Redoil:Dis you deliberately miss the part he said they were installed about 2 years ago ....or you didn't read the post at all......haba mana? |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Juanmike(m): 8:00am On Sep 12, 2025 |
emmabest2000:They are fishermen thieves. That should do it. Or fishers of thieves. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Lithiumite: 8:02am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Tbagwell80:People who can't read and comprehend a short and welk written simple post line this are the ones that will con and start wailing how someone can turn Nigeria into Dubai in 2 years and expect reasonable people to trust their warped reasoning. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by SouthSouth1914: 8:02am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Nigeria has lost its core values. Especially people working at national assets don’t know what civic responsibilities are because of chronic corruption. When you install someone who doesn’t have these values, it goes away from people under him/her. There are no check mates, no responsibility nor accountability, just non stop corruption. The last time I was at Liverpool, going to outside bar! NDLEA, Marine police etc are not consigned with their basic jobs respectively, they don’t care if you are there for a valid reason, they just keep asking for money up and down, and would label you a criminal if you don’t succumb! It is a full blown menace on critical national assets. Just go to our airports too, just a nightmare! |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by DarkkManB: 8:03am On Sep 12, 2025 |
I thought you would post the video of the fisherman removing the chains. Because how did you conclude that it was removed by fisherman? May be the OP is the real culprit, who knows with the way they are defending him. He could have called the attention of the appropriate authorities without mentioning the fisherman, couldn't he? |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by THMT: 8:06am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Local marine iron consultants. There must be an insider before they can successfully carry out their duties and movements. It's a team criminal activity sport out there so you can't point a finger at a particular group |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by MaziObinnaokija: 8:09am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Fishermen near that place is a blatant lies.Nah those same people(insiders plus security men/biys) handwork. Dem don sell am to those people wey eyes nor dey comot from any IRON/ALABA pipu dem.. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by ruzell86: 8:12am On Sep 12, 2025 |
In a similar situation, a prominent leader once asked... Where are the cows? So today, I'm asking where are the fishes ? |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by englishmart(m): 8:12am On Sep 12, 2025 |
boxypane:What about the consequences of not eating? Tognh |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by professorPABX: 8:13am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Most of those fishermen are thieves and sea pirates. Navy boys that have worked with patrol boats know this. Especially those with outboard engine as backup to paddling. They aid smuggling at ports and sea. At Onne axis and some areas, some notorious ones among them are nicknamed 'alarmblow'. They are the ones that graduated into using Canoe for water transportation. They ferry girls, goods and people to Ships at sea and those ships on anchorage at sea and those that berth. That area is another sector entirely. Sea is very wide. They aid a lot of stealing and atrocities being committed at sea, they also play vital important safety and commercial purposes on Marine ecosystem services and marine economics. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by uniquetechng: 8:16am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Lithiumite:Firshermen don't even have access to the area in question, so he shouldn't have mentioned them at all. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Oyindamolah: 8:16am On Sep 12, 2025 |
polyte:You’ve raised a very important issue — theft and neglect of safety infrastructure at Apapa Port. The way you framed it shows concern and patriotism, but if you want your message to really land, you need to think about audience and purpose. If your target is government/NPA officials: Write in a formal, structured letter style. Keep it direct, respectful, and solution-oriented. Officials respond better when you state the facts clearly and show the risks in terms of national security, trade, and safety. If your target is the public/media: Make it a passionate but concise piece, almost like an op-ed. Use simple words that ordinary Nigerians can relate to. The goal here is to spark conversation, pressure, and awareness. If your target is social media: Shorten it into a sharp thread or post. Highlight the danger (e.g. “Ships docking at Apapa could soon face disaster because thieves disguised as fishermen have stolen safety chains…”) and then ask the big questions you listed. This drives engagement and forces authorities to notice. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by beardedboy(m): 8:18am On Sep 12, 2025 |
polyte:When it comes to politics, our leaders know how to use scapegoats to send strong messages. But when it comes to governance they turn to preachers and toothless lions. What's wrong? |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by boxypane: 8:24am On Sep 12, 2025 |
englishmart:You probably have not been affected directly or indirectly by such actions. Please let's ensure our senses are always active. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Nobody: 8:24am On Sep 12, 2025*. Modified: 1:54pm On Sep 12, 2025 |
polyte:Please don't blame the poor Fishermen. This your frontal accusation is wrong. Don't you know that you have vandals on the waterways who steal anything they see on any platform? Just like you have iron condemn guys on land, there's a version of them on water. We got some boats for some operations. These thieves came at night while the crew were asleep and connected their hose to the fuel storage and siphoned all the fuel. Would a poor fisherman do that? My boss' barge was stripped of all the manhole covers by these guys. They steal practically anything. These guys break into freight containers loaded on barges and steal consignment worth millions of naira. They are Kirikiri, Igbo Alejo and Igbo Ologun boys and not Fishermen. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Nobody: 8:28am On Sep 12, 2025 |
DarkkManB:You are absolutely correct. How can one put a carpet blame on an entire occupation who were on that water even before the ships arrived? It's very wrong. |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by KillahPriest: 8:28am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Maybe you should look closer home and in fact hold your security personnel liable for every missing fender. You know very well those things cannot be removed by random fishermen especially without inside help. That robbery is most likely an inside job, maybe management level |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by richiemcgold: 8:28am On Sep 12, 2025 |
Of all the questions raised up there by the OP, the most important is the last question: "where are these chains sold to and who are the buyers?" |
| Re: Fishermen Or Thieves At Apapa Port? (Pictures) by Bahamas95(m): 8:31am On Sep 12, 2025 |
"Na rat wey dey house dey invite the one(s) outside say food don ready" |
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yet you're excited for the wrong reason. Let the authority investigate and release a statement.
Fishermen near that place is a blatant lies.Nah those same people(insiders plus security men/biys) handwork. Dem don sell am to those people wey eyes nor dey comot from any IRON/ALABA pipu dem..