The Nigerian Government has handed over the fishing vessel Marine707 suspected to be carrying out illegal activities in the GoG to the Ghanian authorities for further investigation and possible prosecution.
While speaking at the official hand over of the vessel and the crew to the respective authorities,the DG NIMASA JamohBashir said that the Nigerian Navy NIMASA partnership which is now hinged on intelligence has put Nigeria on a pedestal of winning the war against piracy.
“We are handing over this vessel to the Ghanian authorities in the spirit of bilateral cooperation both countries enjoy. We have done our preliminary investigations and we are yet to establish any concrete evidence against the vessel but again, we would not know what she would be doing whenever she turns off her AIS which occurred 36 times without being logged in her record book in line with international protocols and three of these were in our domain. However in the spirit of brotherhood that Ghana and Nigeria enjoys we are handing over the vessel to Ghana for further investigations".
Jamoh Bashir further warned that individuals or organization thinking of perpetuating any form of illegalities in the GoG should be ready to face the full wrath of the law with the Antipiracy law in place along with the NAVY, NIMASA partnership that is waxing stronger.
Source: NIMASA Twitter Handle
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