On 23rd October, Insurance Marine News reported that the Nigerian Navy recently intercepted a small craft and arrested its occupants for providing security services to a merchant ship and who did not have the appropriate permit to operate as a security vessel. Nigeria forbids the presence of private maritime security contractors in its waters, and prevents Gulf of Guinea vessel operators from using on-board armed guards, but does permit civilian boats and armed Nigerian Navy active duty service members – though some security services firms have said that this system suffered from high costs and poor reliability.
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