Killing is their job. It is as natural to them as it is to use a computer to us. They are like tigers, they don't feel anything when they kill their pray. The problem is what does the world do with that situation?
The masked pirate said it all when he said 'You come to exploit my land but refuse to employ us, we are hungry, thats why we have to turn to this dirty job.....to survive." It sure gives you food for thought.
I am a Nigerian and I give a big thumbs up to the journalist and his crew. Where he went to interview those pirates in Nigeria, there was more than 85% chance of him being killed. That place is the death zone in Niger delta.
@@Phriffo OK. If you consider how hostile that environment is , then it could be more than 85% . Let me break the risks down for you. Nigerian military JTF guys are in different parts of that creek , NAVY guys are there plus several other armed groups. The chance of being caught up in a heavy gunfire is very high.
@nat Nigeria is not the same country as somalia. The titels indicates it is about Nigeria, still the movie is about Somlia. It is like calling US Marines Canadian soldiers...
As well, the description states it is about Somalia. Just saying, professional Journalism includes telling countries apart from each other.. Even in Africa..
Watching this documentary brings back the memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa. He laid down his life in his quest for a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. Through his writings and T.V. productions in the 70s and 80s, he exposed the widespread corruption of the Nigerian government and the multinational petroleum industry. How can you exploit their land without giving back to the people? This is about corporate governance. Born and bred in my beloved city of Lagos, had to leave home donkey years ago because of the same issues the so-called pirates are agitating for. Then, (and sadly, till now), the level of corruption was so glaring that, as a college graduate, there was no hope of finding a good paying job without bribing someone that knows someone. I wasn’t going to do that in my own land. Indeed, Nigeria is a great country with unlimited human and natural resources but its wealth has been (and still being) squandered by a few. It is truly sad.
There's nothing great about that UK contraption. The North is a parasite and we the Southerners need to break free from that evil union so we can finally cleanse our society of the bottom feeders of the human race like this unlettered pirates and their likes.
This whole problem is the fault of too much and big governments Corporations couldn't lobby politicians if their roles(government) was small to begin with
@@JeyC_ They don't need to lobby when they already have the power, which is what a small government would do. I'm not saying you need a big government, but just a smaller government by itself won't fix anything.
NO , THATS A DEPRIVED MAN IN A SWAMP FULL OF DOLLARS,YOU PUSHED HUMAN TO THE WALL AND YOU ARE STILL AT IT MANUFACTURING A FAVOURABLE HISTORY AS USSUAL.
Imagine a stranger finds gold in your back garden. He moves in with bulldozers and start digging and mining the gold, carting it away. Meanwhile you get nothing from this activity. He even buries your house in the loose soil and waste from the mining. He bribes the police that is supposed to protect you from the invasion. The same police comeback and arrest you for fighting the invaders. You are labelled a criminal in your own house. Evil begets evil.
The truth in your story is that you DO NOT own the house, and your landlord sold the back garden to the strangers. Your landlord is rich now, but you are whining.
@@cfs7338 Ok, whether or not you believe it is staged or real, I am simply pointing out that he is aiming an automatic weapon at them, while asking them if they are 'ok', & am asking others to have a laugh at the irony of the situation & question. Not whether or not if anyone thinks it is real or fake, thats not the point.
@@peterliluma5013 yea says the one who got a job . Maybe your those working for the oil companies and maybe just claiming it's stage when it's all real upfront
What a great documentary. The Black Devil's moves and mannerisms were something. It was like watching a video game character but in real life. While he was being interviewed, it was like watching and listening to a completely different person.
@@artisticminds4337 off course I don't, my battlefield is online comment threads 😝. I'm a decorated vet of many keyboard skirmishes & full blown wars. 🎖️🔫💣💥
1 million USD every week in security? Make an agreement! Offer the pirates 80% of that money as a subsidy, for the use of their land. I'm pretty sure the war will end.
500,000 USD mapped out in a month fro 1 year will build world class hospital, quality school, good roads and affordable houses for the communities. Plus if you employ some of the locals for any kind of job, you will keep their minds and hands busy and they can sustain their families. But no, the Lords of the Ring will always want to take it all and map out 1, 000, 000 weekly for security. Bad management.
if thats all you see :) , have a nice day , you live in fantasy cuz you can afford to survive Above 90% of world's wealth and resources belong to 1% human population Wealth inequality is extreme , people dying out of poverty
@@yhz2K If you think that's all I see and that I live in a fantasy, and that I don't understand economics or why certain things are the way they are, you are wrong and prejudiced and probably very small minded. Perhaps you lack an education? Don't try to teach me about economics or inequality because I probably know more than you do. Have a nice day.
@@yhz2K Shamanstyle was only saying how the man calmed down when being interviewed. He spoke quieter, was less aggressive, was more controlled while being interviewed. Its just an observation.
I actually feel sorry for the pirates...If my family was born under such poor conditions I would also adopt its a them or us attitude... Here's me thinking my life is hard when my takeaway arrives late and cold. We all need to do more...
All comes down to where in the world you fell out of ur mother. Anyone of us watching this could’ve been born into these conditions, it’s merely luck we weren’t. But who knows in another life what could happen 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
I was in Nigeria 3 years oil industry of Delta and there is discriminaiton between companies and local people, local are not getting anything out of this big industry.
igbos havent had any real power in nigeria since the civil war. more like the yorubas and hausa-fulani. and if any igbo is profiting from nigerian natural resources, its crums compared to what the elite of the yoruba and hausa-fulani are pocketing.
Where did u read that from what he said bro?? Chill with the Biafra rhetoric. I'm a sympathiser and i think Biafra is a viable concept, that if and when Nigeria breaks up should be allowed to exist. But please enough of the uneducated, trivial, ethnic generalisations plz.
how did you conclude that am a Biafra sympathiser from what i said. i actually want nigeria to furfil its potential and succeed as a country. that being said, it doesnt make what said any less of a truth.
The fact that the oil companies don't Employ anyone from the local communities tells you all you need to know. Take. take. take. but no give. Shameful.
how do you employ engineers from the local area? These guys need skilled workers and if they could find them in the local area they would. These oil companies are pulling out of the delta because it is not profitable for them to operate in a country where you have to pay heavy security costs on top of endless bribes and backhanders just to operate. The Nigerian government are making a fortune from this and yet you never once questioned their role in this. Is that because you are a racist?
@Matt Ellis Then educate them, the oil companies could set up workshops, schools, medical facilities and would still turn billions in profit while improving the area they operate in.
Capital and capitalism are amoral. They do not care, in capitals realm there is no good or bad, no right no wrong, no oppressors or victims, capital cares only bout extracting maximum profit. Capital exists to create more capital, dow is booming, economy is doing great. Some people also see their living standards rise! From wealthy to wealthier. Those not owning capital? Starving, suffering, dying, while capital extracts their labor most cost efficiently. It is not slavery since they are not forced to work! And for their labor they are compensated, fairly (wouldnt work any cheaper) dollars and dimes
Tears roll down my eyes seeing the damage our greedy leaders have done to our citizens, our children are now tagged and called pirates, thieves amid their abundance resources. It shall never be well with all Nigeria leaders who have done this to our people.
The corporations spend millions of dollars on security a month, they could just as easily spend millions of dollars to the people that they exploit by giving them jobs.
yeah i was getting nervous watching. most likely they knew it was just an intimidation tactic and even if they can be unpredictable they just have to try stay calm
It's kind of true though. All these companies are coming there and profiting from the oil and the people 200 meters away are in extreme poverty and dying of diseases. I can kind of understand how the locals might feel watching the companies extract all the oil. They should start collaborating with locals and developing those areas, like schools, housing, jobs, clinics and all.
With what money. They can barely eat. What knowledge do they have to even know how to make their resources work for them. The people wanting to take should provide those things. A give and take situation. Even if they would make more. At least help them to develop.
Blk Queen im not tryna justify piracy however the boats passing by the gulf of Aden (Somalia) r taking advantage by not paying what they owe, China also fishes in the sea of Somalia illegally that is why people revert to piracy and do things there own way because the government are weak
NNA1U3 that doesn’t make it okay for bigger & stronger counties like China USA n UK to walk all over the poor ones, there r rules n u must abide by them pay the counties who’s water you are fishing in pay the counties who’s oil you are taking so what if their life expectancy is only 40 it could be a lot longer if they had the money and recourses to pay for medical care, where’s the money gonna come from you ask? By the counties paying for their natural resources!!!!
@@Piru-hx7iw as a Nigerian, i have seen the devestation first hand. I think you misunderstood me; i say give back to the people, but we already know its too late for that..
The most courageous men in the world. The odds they face. The powerful organizations against them. And they’re standing up and fighting. The average American will probably never stand for anything this important. To see ppl who are truly righteous is humbling.
They were polluting because they are trying to survive given the conditions they are in. It's not because they want to. Don't blame them for it, they do not know any better. The political leaders are the ones to blame because they are the ones allowing those tyrants in the name of oil excavators to pillage without putting anything back into the community. It's just modern day slave trade.
Words cannot fully express my thankfulness to this reporter and his team. These-so-called robin hoods are indeed active players of the countries suffering. The sad part of this whole thing is that their reasons are wholly legitimate. Their actions on the other hand are completely far from anything admirable. Stealing from oil business and killing in their pursuit is yet another way to keep this merciless acts continuing. I hope these act stop. I hope greater scrutiny will be placed on key business players to invest in the towns, city's and villages before blood-sucking countries like mine into poverty.
I am an expat living and working in Nigeria so this was a very interesting documentary for me. That french guy took a lot of chances he was very lucky.
I support local Nigerians in whatever effort they put to benefit from their natural resources. The foreigners are too greedy, let them face the consequences.
Those pirates are the types who sold the slaves to America... The Americans felt they had better conditions and were really nice, which they were compared to the African slave owners.
Lets talk about the piracy the *WORLD* commits to take Africas resources. These men are a result of Africans being fed up with everyone else living high on the hog off of African wealth while Africans themselves starve. Taking back your own wealth is not piracy. Its justice.
its crazy how journalist write stories without knowing da true facts ..calling oppressed people pirates because the viewers would love to read the story if u call it pirates.
@@mphommopi3728 i understand why people would be afraid. I just wouldn't. Probably a little but only because i don't like guns being pointed at me lol once they lowered the guns id feel a lot better. I don't think id b worth as much ransom as the french journalist either
Few of them boys are big dudes! Fingers in triggers too!! Mad respect to this reporter 🙏🏽 love the media that get in to the real life situations rather than speculate and sensationalise.
They aren’t heroes they are simply hurting other poor average working people. You think those guys at the beginning who were kept for three years were wealthy? No! And you think these dirtbag pirates actually help the local people? Nope. They just spend money on cars and watches and stupid stuff and brutalize random people accomplishing nothing.
I cry bitterly each time i watch this movie This documentation was actually dome when we still managing to live but right now we're just left with whatever we see Nothing is promised in Nigeria anymore You wake you thank God for another day May our voices be heared one day and may we get out of this government in good health😭😭😭😭😭😭
These is a misconception on a grand scale...these guys are freedom fighters. This documentary should talk about the injustice being done to my people by Britain and Nigeria government.
FREEDOM FIGHTERS??? I definitely think not, they are saboteurs who have made a means out of a common plague"[bad governance], knowing this is not difficult, how have they benefited their communities with their criminality, despite the collection of multi-million naira ransom sums, they certainly are a part of the problem.
of course its just us British of course its not like america and countless other European countries are doing the same thing but no its clearly just Britain. most of the time we have improved many of the areas of the world and help if we can but not every time we can also these are private companies not the actual countries themselves
Honestly, our politicians in Nigeria/Africa are cursed! I salute the journalist for risking his life to interview the militants. I can't take such a risk for anything in the world.
dam the camera made sure to highlight every single thing that could identify the pirates eyes jewelry clothing wristband voice but yet disguised the special force french man lol
I work with big oil companies. All of these comments are ignorant. The money is being paid. Problem number one is the corruption within the country. There is no trickle down here. All the people being affected by the pirates are just providing for their families. All the issues they are fighting for originated within their own borders.
Pirates have nothing to do with land or nationality. This is what people don't understand. Rather than steal from companies and risk themselves, try to change the government and elect someone that will make fair contracts with international companies and build industry rather than siphon money from the country behind it's back. It's the government that is allowing it to happen in the first place. Half the reason these countries don't grow is because of that and that they also deflect the blame onto someone else.
An hungry man observes no taboos. I think these communities felt left out in the Nigerian oil wealth and that is why their young men are turning to piracy.
Come to to think of it, if this guys can just be trained and employed all this things would have been happening or might not get to this extent. Its crazy. Big shout-out to the jonalist, this goes along way to show the kind of energy you have given to your work and it worths emulating. I wish I can see you guys and give you hug and an award.
Basically poverty is what it boils down to, when u don't have a good skill/trade and education and worse if there are no opportunities then crime will always be high.
@@nagato2k633 Your whole sentence is just both stupid and wrong, first they're not attacking the people that took their stuff, they're robbing random ships that's carrying things that are not from *THERE*
Interesting how hostile the pirates were but then the interview started and they answered so calmly
they are humans.
Killing is their job. It is as natural to them as it is to use a computer to us. They are like tigers, they don't feel anything when they kill their pray. The problem is what does the world do with that situation?
they answered better than a lot of politicians when asked simple questions
@@acavamiusuariothey were honest and straight forward
Yeah, word around town is they are actually nice guys
This man really risked his life just to ask questions
FCEXIT was better than joining a gang.
He had to it was his job
lol you think rlly its true? movie
@@majdissa2958 its not
@@majdissa2958 You must be brain-dead to think this isn't real
The masked pirate said it all when he said 'You come to exploit my land but refuse to employ us, we are hungry, thats why we have to turn to this dirty job.....to survive."
It sure gives you food for thought.
Yep its always like that. Crime doesn't come from nowhere.
@@Pandatoofu yet people still wanna pretend that it does
@Nicolas source that they get dozens of millions per ship?
Comment is so underrated
You’re naive. It’s the universal excuse of every criminal in the world.
I am a Nigerian and I give a big thumbs up to the journalist and his crew. Where he went to interview those pirates in Nigeria, there was more than 85% chance of him being killed. That place is the death zone in Niger delta.
Never under estimate the power of staying calm and collected.
Bro there was less than 85%💀
@@Phriffo OK. If you consider how hostile that environment is , then it could be more than 85% . Let me break the risks down for you. Nigerian military JTF guys are in different parts of that creek , NAVY guys are there plus several other armed groups. The chance of being caught up in a heavy gunfire is very high.
@@Phriffo woah now we've got the death decider over here
@@dude4742 he was the one that estimated his death rate first😂
This kind of Journalism I gave respect to, they have balls!!
Only God knows how many journalists aljezeera sent on a suicide mission
😅😅😅
But the oul companies don't have
The kind of journalists that gave a bad image of the ones defending their resources.
i have balls to .
This is the kind of journalist that is respectable. Not middle class Guardian writers or Daily Mail liars.
They are mistaking Somalia for Nigeria...
@nat Nigeria is not the same country as somalia. The titels indicates it is about Nigeria, still the movie is about Somlia. It is like calling US Marines Canadian soldiers...
As well, the description states it is about Somalia. Just saying, professional Journalism includes telling countries apart from each other.. Even in Africa..
@nat Ah, i see what you mean. Same same but different ;)
Definitely
Watching this documentary brings back the memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa. He laid down his life in his quest for a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. Through his writings and T.V. productions in the 70s and 80s, he exposed the widespread corruption of the Nigerian government and the multinational petroleum industry. How can you exploit their land without giving back to the people? This is about corporate governance.
Born and bred in my beloved city of Lagos, had to leave home donkey years ago because of the same issues the so-called pirates are agitating for. Then, (and sadly, till now), the level of corruption was so glaring that, as a college graduate, there was no hope of finding a good paying job without bribing someone that knows someone. I wasn’t going to do that in my own land. Indeed, Nigeria is a great country with unlimited human and natural resources but its wealth has been (and still being) squandered by a few. It is truly sad.
There's nothing great about that UK contraption. The North is a parasite and we the Southerners need to break free from that evil union so we can finally cleanse our society of the bottom feeders of the human race like this unlettered pirates and their likes.
This whole problem is the fault of too much and big governments
Corporations couldn't lobby politicians if their roles(government) was small to begin with
@@JeyC_ They don't need to lobby when they already have the power, which is what a small government would do. I'm not saying you need a big government, but just a smaller government by itself won't fix anything.
Bro wrote a whole school project
@@twanvanderdonk2504 no lmao, corporations don't have the power to impose regulations and mandates, governments do
What are you talking about 😂
Respect to the journalist that’s a proper shift😳✌️😏
First
Ikr they could easily kill him there
Respect
Respect
Costly job, but these people like danger. So you can catch them following Marines at war, playing with Lions or Alligators and war lords evidently
"How much would you get for kidnapping us?" That interviewer has balls of steel.
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Them folks know it's a third party involved... .when have they ever been truthful.. .
Why they didn’t kidnap him ?
@@KyxLimitlessBecause they have been given money to be interviewed
alcohol drink mixed with cocaine, jeez no wonder he was moving like that😂😂😂
NO , THATS A DEPRIVED MAN IN A SWAMP FULL OF DOLLARS,YOU PUSHED HUMAN TO THE WALL AND YOU ARE STILL AT IT MANUFACTURING A FAVOURABLE HISTORY AS USSUAL.
@Chimino Pulverman crackhead
@@samuelmuzeze5498 soyboy
They are stronger mixture as a Nigerian I know this imagine weed soaked in alcohol for 2 to 10 days
@@mukorodaniel1601 people also soak weed in embolic fluid
Perks of being "cheap", it will someday save your life. A Filipino here.
ilokano ata na kidnap nila hahaha
Oh he said Cheap? Aaaaah
@@tomasbisciak7323 yeah! lol
Hahaha thank God I'm an Indian
Well most of us "cheap" Filipinos wanted to be a Seaman because there is a big fortune there, well it does actually
It's so sad what happens to the African people a place so rich with resources.
You said it yourself, rich with resources.
Greedy government and people
@@elchangoblast5531 STFU
@@untypicalchad8178 oh no run
@Lamont Gravely Yep the only ones supporting them are scared for their families lives or the fact that otherwise you cant really survive. It's a joke.
full respect to the guy who conducted the interview
Kidnapper: We target people like you, I know.
Me: ...
...?
Right
Don’t know how good of a job can be done by a guy who can’t cut out decent eye hokes
@@stevecormier1514 mush mouth
@@hexakosioihexekontahexafob8342 owr
Imagine a stranger finds gold in your back garden. He moves in with bulldozers and start digging and mining the gold, carting it away. Meanwhile you get nothing from this activity. He even buries your house in the loose soil and waste from the mining. He bribes the police that is supposed to protect you from the invasion. The same police comeback and arrest you for fighting the invaders. You are labelled a criminal in your own house. Evil begets evil.
It's the Nigerian governments fault not the western corporations
@@proteinz4796 no not really, the western corporations started with this like 100 years ago. Even before there where any Nigerian government. :)
The truth in your story is that you DO NOT own the house, and your landlord sold the back garden to the strangers. Your landlord is rich now, but you are whining.
good idea! i'm coming to dig in your backyard
@@Antialli dumbass you dont have a clue, go get educated then reply to me
"I will never die"
*dies 10 days later*
He said he doesen't die. He leaves
He didn’t die. He’s missing in action 😂
lol he said god sent him so he won’t die instead he will lead and got shot 10 days later LOL
@@sxinley lol he said he won't die, but leave. Leaving in death means the struggle continues
@@mygogomy4373 o
You gotta love how they held them at gun point and threatened them, but at the end of the interview he asks "are you ok?" Seriously?!?
I’m saying lol
he probably thought, the journalist was with the feds
Well I think they dont really want to kill them. Its just the fact that they don't have many options.
Do you really not understand that it is staged?
@@cfs7338 Ok, whether or not you believe it is staged or real, I am simply pointing out that he is aiming an automatic weapon at them, while asking them if they are 'ok', & am asking others to have a laugh at the irony of the situation & question. Not whether or not if anyone thinks it is real or fake, thats not the point.
I cannot imagine how it feels like to be there interviewing that guy. So scary
😂😂😂😂😂
It's normal over here
The interview is stage managed
@@peterliluma5013 yea says the one who got a job . Maybe your those working for the oil companies and maybe just claiming it's stage when it's all real upfront
"Nigerian navy under french command"..THIS SAYS IT ALL
Deep South 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Deep South our country governments lack sense
No
Our be very happy when all those nation's leave Africa alone in peace because god didn't appoint them to any of those countries!!'
That hit the spot. Incomming!
What a great documentary. The Black Devil's moves and mannerisms were something. It was like watching a video game character but in real life. While he was being interviewed, it was like watching and listening to a completely different person.
calls himself the "Black Devil"
*drinks cocaine alcohol to ward off evil spirit*
bruhhhhhh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The lad played himself 😂😂😂😂
Init🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Purewood357 those places are country clubs conpare to here
@@danielzimmermann9192 off course the coward behind the screen wouldn't dare
@@Alan_GA like as if you have the balls to go and do the same lol
@@artisticminds4337 off course I don't, my battlefield is online comment threads 😝.
I'm a decorated vet of many keyboard skirmishes & full blown wars. 🎖️🔫💣💥
1 million USD every week in security? Make an agreement! Offer the pirates 80% of that money as a subsidy, for the use of their land. I'm pretty sure the war will end.
Next week there's going to be new pirate groups asking for another million USD so it would never work.
500,000 USD mapped out in a month fro 1 year will build world class hospital, quality school, good roads and affordable houses for the communities. Plus if you employ some of the locals for any kind of job, you will keep their minds and hands busy and they can sustain their families. But no, the Lords of the Ring will always want to take it all and map out 1, 000, 000 weekly for security. Bad management.
So you’d be incentivizing kidnappings and attacks on ships...terrible idea
they could buy them free universal education with that money... #1 crime killer in any society
@@chineduanioke8879
We DON'T REWARD CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES..
No negotiations with TERRORIST or PIRATES. ☠
You leave them laying WHERE YOU drop THEM💪😀👍
It's impressive how calm and soft the crazy gun wielding pirate becomes in the end when he is interviewed.
if thats all you see :) , have a nice day , you live in fantasy cuz you can afford to survive
Above 90% of world's wealth and resources belong to 1% human population
Wealth inequality is extreme , people dying out of poverty
@@yhz2K If you think that's all I see and that I live in a fantasy, and that I don't understand economics or why certain things are the way they are, you are wrong and prejudiced and probably very small minded. Perhaps you lack an education?
Don't try to teach me about economics or inequality because I probably know more than you do. Have a nice day.
@@Shamanstyle Have a good day , u dont even know me and u concluded that i lack education WOW , great Brother
@@yhz2K Shamanstyle was only saying how the man calmed down when being interviewed. He spoke quieter, was less aggressive, was more controlled while being interviewed. Its just an observation.
@@yhz2K You're just a drama hunter, someone says something positive about something and you can find an argument out of that. It's really funny to me.
I actually feel sorry for the pirates...If my family was born under such poor conditions I would also adopt its a them or us attitude...
Here's me thinking my life is hard when my takeaway arrives late and cold. We all need to do more...
Fully agree
Would you have 10 children if you lived in those conditions?
@@mboyer68 is that the case??? Don't be silly
@@mboyer68 whats your point??
All comes down to where in the world you fell out of ur mother. Anyone of us watching this could’ve been born into these conditions, it’s merely luck we weren’t. But who knows in another life what could happen 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
😂😂I don’t understand how does this man come back after getting a gun pointed at him
true journalism
I was in Nigeria 3 years oil industry of Delta and there is discriminaiton between companies and local people, local are not getting anything out of this big industry.
Feyi Joseph close...more like, Germany, france, england, turkey(cant forget the muslims), portgual, spain into one country.
igbos havent had any real power in nigeria since the civil war. more like the yorubas and hausa-fulani. and if any igbo is profiting from nigerian natural resources, its crums compared to what the elite of the yoruba and hausa-fulani are pocketing.
Where did u read that from what he said bro?? Chill with the Biafra rhetoric. I'm a sympathiser and i think Biafra is a viable concept, that if and when Nigeria breaks up should be allowed to exist. But please enough of the uneducated, trivial, ethnic generalisations plz.
how did you conclude that am a Biafra sympathiser from what i said. i actually want nigeria to furfil its potential and succeed as a country. that being said, it doesnt make what said any less of a truth.
TheProdigalOne My reply was for John O, not you obviously. My bad should have replied him directly tbf.
The fact that the oil companies don't Employ anyone from the local communities tells you all you need to know. Take. take. take. but no give. Shameful.
how do you employ engineers from the local area? These guys need skilled workers and if they could find them in the local area they would. These oil companies are pulling out of the delta because it is not profitable for them to operate in a country where you have to pay heavy security costs on top of endless bribes and backhanders just to operate. The Nigerian government are making a fortune from this and yet you never once questioned their role in this. Is that because you are a racist?
@Matt Ellis Then educate them, the oil companies could set up workshops, schools, medical facilities and would still turn billions in profit while improving the area they operate in.
Capital and capitalism are amoral. They do not care, in capitals realm there is no good or bad, no right no wrong, no oppressors or victims, capital cares only bout extracting maximum profit. Capital exists to create more capital, dow is booming, economy is doing great. Some people also see their living standards rise! From wealthy to wealthier. Those not owning capital? Starving, suffering, dying, while capital extracts their labor most cost efficiently. It is not slavery since they are not forced to work! And for their labor they are compensated, fairly (wouldnt work any cheaper) dollars and dimes
@@grahamt5924 That's not True
The way the Chief Talked
Sounded like Illiterate?
If They want they will see but they don't.
The Navy Failed to nail them because most of the Speed Boat they used were built by Them.
"we don't kidnap filipinos they are very cheap"
:fine we don't want to be kidnapped either
lol not only cheap they're toxic in game
Not that you are cheap, your government don't value your lives so wouldn't pay much to save you
I’m black and my best friend is Filipino. Respect for you people.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks u made me laugh 😂
My heart beat during the interview
so did mine
Everyone’s did
Ngl same
this journalist has so much courage
fml
good documentary, gona shift from vice to here
zannatul Zan vice went downhill in terms quality
same for me!!
Tears roll down my eyes seeing the damage our greedy leaders have done to our citizens, our children are now tagged and called pirates, thieves amid their abundance resources. It shall never be well with all Nigeria leaders who have done this to our people.
Poor leadership
Corrupt leaders being paid off by American oil companies. Shell literally owns Nigeria and has their army in their pocket.
They were taken advantage of by global capital. Their only crime is stupidity
The corporations spend millions of dollars on security a month, they could just as easily spend millions of dollars to the people that they exploit by giving them jobs.
I know im very late but dam these interviewers have the balls to keep recording with guns pointed at them...respect!
yeah i was getting nervous watching. most likely they knew it was just an intimidation tactic and even if they can be unpredictable they just have to try stay calm
This documentary deserves an award
There's no way I could sit there, with guns pointed at me. Much respect to the interviewer.
massive balls
They were paid thousands of US dollars for the interview else the would’ve been taken hostage
So many respect from me...i love you....carry on our pray on you
Hey a hood a hood gotta know when you swimming with sharks.
@@waydeyoung5167 what makes you think they won't just kidnap them for more ransoms
Wow this guy has balls.
verry big balls...
Erik Westerveld y
也。
agreed
Very large balls
and juicy
When the pirate's logic is actually sound.
luffy
Kudos to this journalist. He took a big risk to produce this. Highly professional
geez.....I was afraid for this guy the entire interview, can't imagine how he felt
It's kind of true though. All these companies are coming there and profiting from the oil and the people 200 meters away are in extreme poverty and dying of diseases. I can kind of understand how the locals might feel watching the companies extract all the oil. They should start collaborating with locals and developing those areas, like schools, housing, jobs, clinics and all.
With what money. They can barely eat. What knowledge do they have to even know how to make their resources work for them. The people wanting to take should provide those things. A give and take situation. Even if they would make more. At least help them to develop.
Blk Queen im not tryna justify piracy however the boats passing by the gulf of Aden (Somalia) r taking advantage by not paying what they owe, China also fishes in the sea of Somalia illegally that is why people revert to piracy and do things there own way because the government are weak
no justification to piracy, but with a life expectancy of 40 years and you have been dirt poor all your life... you'd only be so desperate?
NNA1U3 that doesn’t make it okay for bigger & stronger counties like China USA n UK to walk all over the poor ones, there r rules n u must abide by them pay the counties who’s water you are fishing in pay the counties who’s oil you are taking so what if their life expectancy is only 40 it could be a lot longer if they had the money and recourses to pay for medical care, where’s the money gonna come from you ask? By the counties paying for their natural resources!!!!
@@Piru-hx7iw as a Nigerian, i have seen the devestation first hand. I think you misunderstood me; i say give back to the people, but we already know its too late for that..
Black Devil is very intimidating there’s no doubt about it, but deep down he’s also very polite. There’s glimpses of it every now and then
The most courageous men in the world. The odds they face. The powerful organizations against them. And they’re standing up and fighting. The average American will probably never stand for anything this important. To see ppl who are truly righteous is humbling.
Jeezus rucking christ,put the crqck pipe down
one day Nigeria leaders you and your children must pay for all you you have done to us making us a slave in our own land
lol...president Buhari... is a bigger scammer let's see after his term ends how Nigeria looks
or how your own people are polluting their own environment. Nobody is innocent here. Greed
ruben obam : it will happen very soon those useless politicians will soon die the revolution is comming soon
They were polluting because they are trying to survive given the conditions they are in. It's not because they want to. Don't blame them for it, they do not know any better. The political leaders are the ones to blame because they are the ones allowing those tyrants in the name of oil excavators to pillage without putting anything back into the community. It's just modern day slave trade.
leaderofnow you're woffly wrong
Words cannot fully express my thankfulness to this reporter and his team.
These-so-called robin hoods are indeed active players of the countries suffering. The sad part of this whole thing is that their reasons are wholly legitimate. Their actions on the other hand are completely far from anything admirable. Stealing from oil business and killing in their pursuit is yet another way to keep this merciless acts continuing.
I hope these act stop. I hope greater scrutiny will be placed on key business players to invest in the towns, city's and villages before blood-sucking countries like mine into poverty.
this is some hardcore journalism man
The more things change the more things stay the Same..
All da Best Righteous People..
I am an expat living and working in Nigeria so this was a very interesting documentary for me.
That french guy took a lot of chances he was very lucky.
ALJAZEERA HAS THE BEST JOURNALISTS WORKING WITH THEM
sammy bear: they are already paying the price because the new generation boys are not joking.
agreed
"You come to exploit not to employ that is why" I felt that
“You come to exploit here but will not employ me. That is why we are doing thing”. It’s seriously sad what American industry has done to this country
I support local Nigerians in whatever effort they put to benefit from their natural resources.
The foreigners are too greedy, let them face the consequences.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Black lives matter ???
corrupt elite's fault, they got payed by the corporations to turn a blind eye and screw over the people
I only wish they were kidnapping their leaders the most
@@davidmccann4562 Nobody's life matters. Do you see a lion caring about lions in some other pride?
I really enjoy Aljazeera lately.
Totally true! They're bias with an agenda!
they're brave.
this is literally a nightmare and a dream for me.
danger ever so close, it could grasp you at any moment!
The wars in Africa have been going on for a very long time with no media coverage.
I agree with the pirates, i wish i had the man power to take back goods taken from my country.
Survival of the fittest, If you can't hold onto it someone will relieve you of it.
Im black and live in America .i know what you mean
@@childofthemosthigh5485 ditto. I feel you on this.
Those pirates are the types who sold the slaves to America... The Americans felt they had better conditions and were really nice, which they were compared to the African slave owners.
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Lets talk about the piracy the *WORLD* commits to take Africas resources. These men are a result of Africans being fed up with everyone else living high on the hog off of African wealth while Africans themselves starve. Taking back your own wealth is not piracy. Its justice.
The Evil-Mushy Podcast bingo pkus dumb african leaders who allow it to happen for their own personal gain.
Totaly Agree..!
couldn't have said it any better!!!
Jamie Young
its crazy how journalist write stories without knowing da true facts ..calling oppressed people pirates because the viewers would love to read the story if u call it pirates.
He looks like a call of duty villain. LOL ready for another spec ops mission?
All the Best to Nigerian Nation .
They're good People
That journalist crew has a lot of balls to go to an interview where everyone is pointing guns at you...
when you see a french guy leading a security Navi crew, you realize to whom belongs that oil
wow...respect for this journalist...he really risked his life and got this job done...very scary...amazing
Wow, as a humanitarian with so much fear in me, this video makes me fearless🙏🙏🙏🙏🧎♀️
That interview gave me at least 6 heart attacks.
Lol
😂
Lol
So true😂
😂😂👊
I don't like what the people do but I understand their reason for doing so.
All day, everyday.
The countries stealing the nation's
resource is worst than these pirates
You got to have some big balls or a be suicidal to be the cameraman and journalist for this video.
Al Jazeera some what support ISIS....
That's one day I would quit my job .
Or have an understanding of the situation and the right angle of approach.
DropTV I’m scared of them. I respect what there are fighting for
@@mphommopi3728 i understand why people would be afraid. I just wouldn't. Probably a little but only because i don't like guns being pointed at me lol once they lowered the guns id feel a lot better. I don't think id b worth as much ransom as the french journalist either
The dude with the one eye hole cracked me up
Few of them boys are big dudes! Fingers in triggers too!! Mad respect to this reporter 🙏🏽 love the media that get in to the real life situations rather than speculate and sensationalise.
I salute this leader because he do what he think is the best for his tribe followers. Mostly rich Nigerians does not think about them anymore.
All we need in Nigeria is good leaders then Nigeria will rise again
OBAMA
Unfortunately even the next generations of leaders are just waiting for their chance to loot the Country.
They'll get assassinated
God protect these heroes fighting for their rights🙏🏿
He's dead now. My sympathy goes out to the black market oil refiners. The pirates can all get bent and bombed.
They aren’t heroes they are simply hurting other poor average working people. You think those guys at the beginning who were kept for three years were wealthy? No! And you think these dirtbag pirates actually help the local people? Nope. They just spend money on cars and watches and stupid stuff and brutalize random people accomplishing nothing.
I cry bitterly each time i watch this movie
This documentation was actually dome when we still managing to live but right now we're just left with whatever we see
Nothing is promised in Nigeria anymore
You wake you thank God for another day
May our voices be heared one day and may we get out of this government in good health😭😭😭😭😭😭
Full respect to the man behind the camera! God Blood Him
This is one powerful documentary.
These is a misconception on a grand scale...these guys are freedom fighters. This documentary should talk about the injustice being done to my people by Britain and Nigeria government.
yes but no
FREEDOM FIGHTERS??? I definitely think not, they are saboteurs who have made a means out of a common plague"[bad governance], knowing this is not difficult, how have they benefited their communities with their criminality, despite the collection of multi-million naira ransom sums, they certainly are a part of the problem.
Im sure my government has a hand in it too. And its disgusting!
of course its just us British of course its not like america and countless other European countries are doing the same thing but no its clearly just Britain. most of the time we have improved many of the areas of the world and help if we can but not every time we can also these are private companies not the actual countries themselves
@M Pulverman how am i doing that i have only pointed out that we are always singled out
The gin and cocaine part explains the temperament....the cameraman never dies tho
Well done to the crew for putting themselves in dangerous situations to get their message out there
Honestly, our politicians in Nigeria/Africa are cursed! I salute the journalist for risking his life to interview the militants. I can't take such a risk for anything in the world.
Im honestly surprised this dude was able to have an interview, ask all these questions, and leave with his head on his shoulders
Finally a comment section under a good Al J video
imagine if they spent the 1 million dollars they have to spend a month on security and invest it in jobs for the locals...
because their goal is make sure we stay in poverty! they will not do it
"one day the table will turn, and the wealth of every country will be defined by the nature they hold"
Yes
Africa my Home.....None of these will make me hate my home.....I'll teach my kids to be better than me and much better than my generation
As long as Europeans and amiercans are there .this world can't have equality.
God Forgive me for complaining about my situation I am Greatful Lord🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Long live Al Jazeera and the brave journalist's!
B1RD3Y B1RD3Y vice is best
dam the camera made sure to highlight every single thing that could identify the pirates eyes jewelry clothing wristband voice but yet disguised the special force french man lol
Massive respect to Indians and Filipinos 👍
Respect the journalists what a brave man.
staged ahahah dont have to be brave when you know nothing is gonna happen and its all for the camera play xD fcn clowns lol
Those oil companies deserve everything they are getting from the pirates !!!
Absolutely
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I agree with you, these AK-toting pirates is actually doing the good thing.
Agreed and I hope the angels give all of the owners cancer of the pancreas
I work with big oil companies. All of these comments are ignorant.
The money is being paid. Problem number one is the corruption within the country. There is no trickle down here. All the people being affected by the pirates are just providing for their families. All the issues they are fighting for originated within their own borders.
Pirates on there own land? 😯🤔 Who's the pirates? 😥😩😩
people who are against the government
Pirates have nothing to do with land or nationality. This is what people don't understand. Rather than steal from companies and risk themselves, try to change the government and elect someone that will make fair contracts with international companies and build industry rather than siphon money from the country behind it's back. It's the government that is allowing it to happen in the first place. Half the reason these countries don't grow is because of that and that they also deflect the blame onto someone else.
@@Alyrael Will France and the European countries allow the African people to be free, of course, not the Europeans who made regimes
@Markus Patients You will get out of Africa
@@Alyrael
You should run for office. You seem the most qualified.
resources should be shared to everyone. it is not right for one person to take everything and those around to breathe only air.
Man. Whatever happened to real journalists like this guy?
An hungry man observes no taboos.
I think these communities felt left out in the Nigerian oil wealth and that is why their young men are turning to piracy.
I was scared to death by watching this decumentry, both the cameraman & the journalist are brave
Kudos to the journalist for conducting An interview involving such risk.
That's sickening what those rich companies stealing the resources from those people turning their land into trash
Did anyone hear that:-We do this because we don't have Job.
mean while, they are working.. What they are doing is a job.
Yea they ignored that parr
This dirty job he said I appreciate that
Would you hire someone who mixes alcohol and cocaine to ward off evil spirits?
KeluMocy yes
everything comes from Africa from minerals to oils but they are poor, AFRICANS have all the right to defend their land !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you sir brilliant comment but no one will comment because people hate the truth. Thank you
Eagle S yes I'm nigerian and seeing this hurts
well the companies using the area etc are private oil companies and such not national companies
That ladies and gentlemen, is what journalism looks like. This is the cold hard truth
Come to to think of it, if this guys can just be trained and employed all this things would have been happening or might not get to this extent. Its crazy.
Big shout-out to the jonalist, this goes along way to show the kind of energy you have given to your work and it worths emulating. I wish I can see you guys and give you hug and an award.
You just did with your comment! Salute to you! 💯💪🏾🙏🏾🖤✊🏾
All these people are struggling to survive in any means. because Nigeria leaders are concern about their self and family alone
I like your abs 😍
@@tekash3605 SIMP!
Basically poverty is what it boils down to, when u don't have a good skill/trade and education and worse if there are no opportunities then crime will always be high.
Taking back what is rightfully yours is a crime?
@Vamoo but kidnapping other people for it? that's a no, mind you it's random ship they robbed not just a specific ships.
@@howtonotbasic1383 nah
@@nagato2k633 Your whole sentence is just both stupid and wrong, first they're not attacking the people that took their stuff, they're robbing random ships that's carrying things that are not from *THERE*
even the people with skills and trade are underpaid and it’s hard to find jobs for them. don’t speak on something you don’t know anything about.