Exploring Contemporary Sea Piracy in Nigeria, the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Guinea

Nwalozie, Chijioke J.

doi:10.1007/s12198-020-00218-y

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“…The findings of this study are different from the study by Nwalozie (2020) in terms of areas of coverage of the study and variables studied. While the study by Nwalozie (2020) focused on contemporary sea piracy in Nigeria with particular reference to the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea generally, this study focused on the nature of sea piracy and oil theft on economic security of the people in the coastal areas in Delta and Rivers States. However, the study by Nwalozie (2020) showed that maritime criminal activities in Nigeria have impacted adversely on agriculture, and economy of the country, which is related to the nature of sea piracy and oil theft in Rivers and Delta States with covered in the study.…”

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Nature of International Maritime Security Threats in Nigeria Coastal Waters and Economic Development: Delta and Rivers States in Perspective

Eke¹,

Aliegba²,

Baban'umma³

2023

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The nature of international maritime security threats in Nigeria coastal waters has huge implications for economic development of Rivers and Delta States because of the geostrategic position of the states in international trade. The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of international maritime security threats in Nigeria coastal waters affecting poverty and unemployment levels in Delta and Rivers States. This paper was built around the neo-functionalist integration theory of multilateralism paradigm at systemic level of analysis. The sample size of the study was 385 respondents drawn from a population of 9,925 people comprising of staff from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency in Delta and Rivers States. The population of the study equally includes staff drawn from Togolese, Benin republic and Senegalese embassies Abuja as well as operators of shipping businesses, fishing groups and oil servicing firms in Warri, Port Harcourt, Oporoza and Bonny. Primary data were collected from close-ended and open-ended questionnaire and in-depth interview involving 15 experts. Also, data were collected from secondary source. Data from questionnaire were analysed using simple percentages and absolute frequencies, while data from in-depth interview were analysed using narrative analytic technique. Data from secondary source were analysed using relational-content analysis. Findings showed that the nature of international maritime security threats in Nigerian coastal waters hinders economic development of Delta and Rivers States and trans-border cooperation among littoral states as well as poverty alleviation in the coastal areas are among the strategies for mitigating international maritime security threats affecting economic development in Delta and Rivers States. Among other things, it was recommended that the littoral states should urgently form joint maritime security taskforce for eliminating all threats from the crimes hindering economic development of Delta and Rivers States.

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Nature of International Maritime Security Threats in Nigeria Coastal Waters and Economic Development: Delta and Rivers States in Perspective

Eke¹,

Aliegba²,

Baban'umma³

2023

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“…Most of the studies focus on specific geographical areas (e.g., de Montclos, 2012 ; Nwalozie, 2020 ) thus they do not take a holistic approach for identifying global hotspots. Moreover, there are a few studies that rigorously explore in a quantitative way the causes of maritime piracy (Jiang & Lu, 2020 ; Özdemir & Güneroğlu, 2017 ).…”

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Discovering maritime-piracy hotspots: a study based on AHP and spatio-temporal analysis

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Shipping is the backbone of international trade and oil companies want their oil tankers to arrive safely. The safety and security of international shipping of crucial elements such as oil has always been important aspect in the landscape of piracy. The implications of piracy attacks are linked with loss of cargo or personnel, economic and environmental catastrophe. Despite maritime piracy being a major concern to international trade, no comprehensive study considers the causing factors and spatio-temporal patterns that influence the choice of attack areas. Thus, this research expands our understanding on the areas where piracy mainly occurs, and its underlying causes. To achieve these objectives, AHP and spatio-temporal analysis applied by using data from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The results indicate that territorial waters are preferable areas; thus, pirates prefer to attack the ships close to the coastline fewer times near ports, and rarely in international waters. This is in line with the spatio-temporal analysis results that show that pirates except for the Arabian sea prefer to hit close to the coastline of countries that face political instability, lack of properly functioning government and extreme poverty. Moreover, pirates in certain areas are influenced by the activity and the information from other pirates, which can be used as tool from the authorities e.g., derive information from pirates that have been arrested. Overall, this study contributes on the literature of maritime piracy, and it could be used to enhance security and build tailored defense strategies in perilous water areas.

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“…Through the famous maxim of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1958), Bates' When Things Fell Apart (2008) argued that the plunged of Africa during the period of madness and systemic Nigeria's extraversion provides continued dependency incentive. Nigeria's political-economic relations with existing and emerging external actors (including China's scramble for resources and market) inadvertently pitted forces of reforms and accountability against impunity (Carmody 2016;Yahya 2007;Jedlowski 2017;Rufa'I 2021;Maier 2022;Wojuade 2019;Olaye et al 2020;Milliot 2021;Nwalozie 2020;Walker 2016;Verjee and Kwaja 2021). Nevertheless, the blindspot of Nigerian policymakers is unwillingly contextualising the critical ramifications of 'becoming a security threat' is further exacerbated by preordained despotic structures of gatekeepers' brinkmanship games.…”

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“…2021). Climate change, depletion of Lake Chad, poor agricultural policies, porous borders, and politics are the major drivers of the clash (Omeihe 2021;Milliot 202;Nwalozie. 2020).…”

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The Politics of Regional Security Threat in Nigeria

Sule

Ibrahim²,

Adamu

2022

SINERGI

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The study is an examination of the politicisation of security threats regionally in Nigeria, where all the six geo-political zones are currently involved in one form of security threat or the other, and the overall effect is a threat to national security and continuous co-existence. Nation-states strive to protect their territory by taking diligent care of security threats. One territory that failed to take adequate care of its political and socioeconomic security threats in Nigeria and that has manifested in the debilitating national and regional security threats that it is currently facing, which threaten to collapse the country. This study investigated how security issues are politicised regionally in Nigeria, where the six geopolitical zones in the country are all beleaguered with variant trends of insecurity ranging from Niger Delta militants to Boko Haram insurgents, farmers-herders clashes, rural banditry, and kidnapping, IPOB secessionist agitators and Igboho's separatist movement. The study used a qualitative case study approach where data were derived from both primary and secondary sources. The primary source was the specialised interview with identified relevant informants, while the secondary source consisted of documented materials. The data obtained were analytically coded, discussed and interpreted using content analysis. The study discovered that Nigeria is in a 'Hobbesian Warre of all against all' with all the six geopolitical zones involved in one form of guerrilla warfare or the other and the nature of the threats are different in some instances, state failure while in other cases, politicised. The study recommends among others, that the Nigerian State must approach all the regional security threats with a decisive action to avoid the collapse of the remnants of the state apparatus.

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Exploring Contemporary Sea Piracy in Nigeria, the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Guinea

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Nature of International Maritime Security Threats in Nigeria Coastal Waters and Economic Development: Delta and Rivers States in Perspective

Nature of International Maritime Security Threats in Nigeria Coastal Waters and Economic Development: Delta and Rivers States in Perspective

Discovering maritime-piracy hotspots: a study based on AHP and spatio-temporal analysis

The Politics of Regional Security Threat in Nigeria

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