ABSTRACT: Sometime now the Niger-Delta area, has been the host of all criminal and insecurities in Nigeria. It has been characterized by a plethora of criminal cum premium insecurity challenges. Chief amongst these, is the issue of piracy on the waterways. It is in that regard, this study was carried out to underscore the nature cum effect of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea vis-a-vis Bayelsa waterways. Our focus here is restricted to water bodies around the Bayelsa region. The second cum qualitative method of data collection was maximally explored. We are not novice to the fact that, there exist a plethora of hitherto existing works, that are relevant to the topic. The relative deprivation theory was our dominant guide in this study. From our findings, the people of Niger-Delta area felt deprived of certain benefits that should ordinarily accrue to them, as key players in the mainstream economy of the country. As a vendetta, they go about causing unnecessary problems in the waterways. One way of curbing this issue is, for the government to be transparent, provide amnesty cum employment for the restive youths.
Keywords: Piracy, Gulf of Guinea, Bayelsa, Waterways.