The House condemned the development and vowed to address the matter without delay.
Tagged “Urgent need to stop the continuous killings of fishermen by pirates terrorising Akwa Ibom State Waterways,” the motion was sponsored by Alphonsus Uduak.
The House, he said, “is aware of the persistent activities of sea pirates which of course has continually aggravated threats to users of waterways including fishermen, who are often vulnerable, thereby truncating their trades and adversely impacting on the economy of Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria at large.”
He added that the parliament is aware of “Man’s inhumanity to man masterminded by pirates against fishermen, having killed nine and inflicted gun shot and machete injuries on 15 others, as at last week in Uta Ewa, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area within the Akwa Ibom State waterways.
“We are worried that in few weeks, pirates have seized more than 200 wooden boats belonging to fishermen in the aforementioned coastal line and further worried that fishermen are currently living at the mercies of these pirates and are often forced to pay royalties ranging from N400, 000 to N600, 000 monthly before exploring the waterways, failure which they risk attacks.”
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