STRUCTURE AND TYPES OF PIRACY IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION, 1995-2019
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¹ https://www.academia.edu/39963737/Piracy_in_Nigerian_Territorial_Waters_1800_1950
2 Pirates of the Niger Delta; Between Blue and Brown Waters, UNDOC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, p. 7.
3 Interview with a commercial trader, Raju Daniel, Yenagoa waterside, Bayelsa State, February 2022
4 The position seems to be favoured by other commercial traders interviewed around the Yenagoa area.
5 Ibid
6 UNDOC Report on Piracy in the Niger Delta, Between Brown and Blue Waters, p. 39.
7 Interview with Elijah Johnson, tent maker in Delta, February, 2022
8 Interview with boat rider in Yenegoa, February 2022
9 Ibid
10 Interview with an ex-militant in Port Harcourt, February, 2022.
11 Ibid
12 This range of pirate group members were given by several sources interviewed on the field.
13 Interview 2 in Rivers State, February 2022
14 Interview with a Bolt driver, Bayelsa State, February, 2022.
15 Interview with Aloysius John, Rivers State, February, 2022
16 Stakeholder Democracy Network, “An Anatomy of Sea Piracy in the Niger Delta: From the Perspective of Active Members,” February 2021.
17 Interview with Bassey John, Aka Ibom State, March, 2022.
18 Interview with Obuz Daniel, ex-militant, Abuja, April 2022
19 Ibid
20 Interview with Raymond Peter, tent maker, Rivers State, February 2022.
21 Ibid
22 Interview with a Sailor in Bayelsa, February, 2022.
23 Ibid
24 Judith Burdin Asuni, “Blood Oil in the Niger Delta,” United States Institute of Peace, 2009. p 2. Furthermore: MEND made plans and actually committed its ideological members to procure and ship sophisticated
weapons and ammunitions aided by their network in the illegal bunkering syndicate. Previous international syndicated buyers of illegal crude were summoned and a deal was struck to obtain an increased amount of arms. These arms were shipped and kept at strategic points within the immediate control of the various armed leaders who maintained disbursement to the boys at their discretion for tactical armed attacks on
oil installations.”
25 “Our gang also ambushed and killed four soldiers in June 2020 and took away their rifles. All our rifles are kept by Moriekeme. We attacked a merchant vessel named Ambica in Dodo River. We killed four
military officers attached to the vessel and went away with their rifles.” See: Afeez Hanafi, “How we abducted expatriates, killed soldiers in Bayelsa, Rivers –Suspects,” Punch NG (2020).
26 Edem Darlington, “Pirates Raid Nigeria Police Armoury, Seize Weapons,” Premium Times Nigeria 2015.
27 M. Ejiofor, Addressing The Conspiracy Between Gun Runners and Security Personnel in Nigeria, being a paper presented at the Leadership Course on the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons 1 (LCCSAW 1) held at The Defence Intelligence College, Karu, Abuja, 6-9 December, 2021.
28 Ibid
29 Ibid
30 Ibid
31 This claim, however, was only noted by one interviewee and must be considered in view of strict registration procedures for weapons management claimed by the Nigerian military forces. However, this type of behaviour were observed in 2016 in Nigerian army. The Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, the theater commander in northeastern Nigeria, told a news conference that military authorities have confirmed that some soldiers
were selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram. “Nigerian Military: Some Officers Selling Arms to Boko Haram,” Voice of America (September 2016.)
32 President Yar'Adua ordered an investigation into links between politicians and gangs in the Niger Delta following complaints by Ijaw residents of Port Harcourt, BBC News Africa 2007.
Notes
Afeez H., “How we abducted expatriates, killed soldiers in Bayelsa, Rivers –Suspects,” Punch NG (2020).
Edem D. “Pirates Raid Nigeria Police Armoury, Seize Weapons,” Premium Times Nigeria 2015
Ejiofor M. Addressing The Conspiracy Between Gun Runners and Security Personnel in Nigeria, being a paper presented at the Leadership Course on the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons 1 (LCCSAW 1) held at
The Defence Intelligence College, Karu, Abuja, 6-9 December, 2021. https://www.academia.edu/39963737/Piracy_in_Nigerian_Territorial_Waters_1800_1950
Pirates of the Niger Delta; Between Blue and Brown Waters, UNDOC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, p. 7.
Interview with Raju Daniel, commercial trader, 45+ , Yenagoa waterside, Bayelsa State, February 2022
UNDOC Report on Piracy in the Niger Delta, Between Brown and Blue Waters.
Interview with Elijah Johnson, tent maker, 38+, Delta, February, 2022.
Interview with an ex-militant, 38+, Port Harcourt, February, 2022.
Interview with 'Kingsley', boat repairer, 46+ in Port Harcourt, February 2022.
Interview with Aloysius John, ex-militant, Rivers State, February, 2022.
Interview with Bassey John, Akwa Ibom State, March, 2022.
Interview with Obuz Daniel, 43+ ex-militant, Abuja, April 2022
Interview with Raymond Peter, tent maker, Rivers State, February 2022.
Interview with a Sailor, 36+ in Bayelsa, February, 2022.
Judith Burdin Asuni, “Blood Oil in the Niger Delta,” United States Institute of Peace, 2009.
President Yar'Adua ordered an investigation into links between politicians and gangs in the Niger Delta following complaints by Ijaw residents of Port Harcourt (BBC News Africa 2007).
Stakeholder Democracy Network, “An Anatomy of Sea Piracy in the Niger Delta: From the Perspective of Active Members,” February 2021.