Crackers are challenging the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Security Agency (NIMASA) Deep Blue project launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 10, 2021. Despite the measures taken under this project, a ship was attacked last week in the Gulf of Guinea.

Three months after NIMASA launched its Deep Blue project, pirates launched a new attack on a ship in the Gulf of Guinea, injuring two crew members. On Sunday, September 5, reckless pirates again successfully struck an offshore supply ship off the coast of Gabon. The International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC), which confirmed the attack, said another crew member had been reported missing. According to the IMB PRC report cited by shipsandports, five people aboard a speedboat armed with rifles approached, shot at the ship and boarded. " The alarm was given and the crew members secured themselves on board the ship, but two crew members were injured because of the shooting and had to be hospitalized ," indicates the report. The remaining crew was declared safe and sound and local authorities were informed.