Biological attacks by terrorists may seem more like a plot element in an action film than a realistic threat.The possibility of biological weapons attack could be very remote.Scholars are divergent in their opinions on the plausibility of a biological attack.The U.S.Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Intelligence Council stated in 2008 that bio terrorism is a more likely threat than nuclear terrorism.Researches have revealed that of all weapons of mass destruction, biological weapons constitute the greatest worry.The most likely target for bio-terrorism is a major city or other densely crowded areas, such as transportation hubs like sea ports. This paper probes into Nigerian legislations especially the Nigerian Port Authority Act, the NIMASA Act, the Terrorism Act and the NAFDAC Act regarding biological weapons and bio-terrorism in maritime commerce parlance. It is observed in this paper that all these Acts lack preventive mechanisms in the case of the emergence of the scourge.It is argued that Nigeria is vulnerable to bio-terrorism owing to a dearth of detective measure in the boarder ports. The paper concludes that there is an urgent need to revamp the legal framework to tame the threat of bio-terrorism.

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尼日利亚对商业航运的生物武器和生物恐怖袭击：21世纪潜在的特洛伊木马

恐怖分子的生物袭击似乎更像是动作电影中的情节元素，而不是现实的威胁。生物武器袭击的可能性可能非常遥远。学者对生物袭击的合理性持有不​​同意见。美国国家情报局和国家情报委员会在2008年指出，生物恐怖主义比核恐怖主义更有可能受到威胁。研究表明，在所有大规模毁灭性武器中，生物武器构成了最大的担忧。生物恐怖主义的最可能目标是大城市或其他人口稠密的地区，例如海港等交通枢纽。本文探讨了尼日利亚的法律，尤其是《尼日利亚港口管理局法》，《 NIMASA法》，关于海上贸易中有关生物武器和生物恐怖主义的《恐怖主义法》和《国家食品和药品管理法》。本文发现，在灾祸出现的情况下，所有这些行为都缺乏预防机制。有人认为，由于登机口岸缺乏侦查手段，尼日利亚容易受到生物恐怖主义的伤害。本文的结论是，迫切需要修改法律框架以应对生物恐怖主义的威胁。