Nigeria: Pirates, Oil Thieves Threatening Our Lives - NIMASA Boss

21 November 2014

DIRECTOR General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, has said that the lives of officals of the agency are being threatened by pirates and oil thieves who have escaped prosecution.

He said that the inability of the judiciary to prosecute people involved in piracy and oil stealing has emboldened suspects to become threat to the lives of officials of the agency engaged in the fight against piracy and oil theft along the nation's waterways.

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