The Nigerian Navy has raised concerns over the highway number of stowaways on ships sailing out of the country. Naval authorities further disclosed the arrest of a total of 75 people who attempted to travel out of the country through criminal and unconventional ways of hiding under the rudder of cargo ships sailing out of the country. The various arrests of stowaways which were made in line with the strategic directive of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. took place between August 2023 and April 2024.
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Emphasizing the danger and illegality of migration via means of stowaway, The Navy, in a statement released on Wednesday 17 April and signed by its Director of Information, Commodore A. Adams-Aliu, stated: "The Nigerian Navy is concerned by the upsurge in cases of stowaways in Nigerian waters. For clarity, the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL Convention) defines a stowaway as someone who is secreted on a ship, or in cargo without the consent of the shipowners or the master or any other responsible person."
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