Weapons and Prohibited Items Policy

Version 3.0. Effective 2 November 2026.

In short

• No firearms, ammunition, explosives or other weapons on any Pickup trip. The only exception is on duty state security officials lawfully authorised to carry, travelling as a guest's lawfully assigned security, if the operator agrees in advance. NCAA and aviation security screening stays absolute on every jet segment.
• A personal firearm licence does not allow you to carry a weapon on a Pickup trip.
• No illegal items. No dangerous goods on aircraft except as aviation law allows, and no fuel, fireworks or flares on boats without the captain's consent.
• Security add ons on Pickup come only from private guard companies licensed by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Their personnel are unarmed. No armed escorts are arranged through Pickup.
• If your security detail will travel with you, message the operator before the trip. The operator decides. Pickup does not.
• The crew may refuse to carry a person or item that breaks this policy. If so, only the road levy comes back, and we open a case. In an emergency, call 112.

This summary is for convenience only. The numbered clauses below are the binding terms and govern if there is any difference.

1. About this policy

1.1 This Weapons and Prohibited Items Policy ("Policy") is issued by Pickup Technology Limited, RC 9548096, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, Nigeria, trading as Pickup Charter ("Pickup", "we", "us").

1.2 It forms part of the Community Standards, the Guest Terms, the Operator Agreement and the Crew Terms. Our Terms of Use, the umbrella agreement for using Pickup, also apply. Words with capital letters have the meaning given in those terms.

1.3 It applies to every Guest, Traveller, Operator and crew member on a trip booked on Pickup, and to their luggage.

1.4 This Policy adds to the law. Nigerian firearms, aviation security, maritime safety and criminal law apply in full, and where the law, an airport or port authority or the Operator's licence sets a stricter rule, the stricter rule applies. Nothing in this Policy authorises anyone to carry anything the law prohibits.

2. Weapons

2.1 The rule. No Guest, Traveller, Operator or crew member may carry or use a Weapon during a trip booked on Pickup.

2.2 "Weapon" includes firearms of every kind, ammunition, parts of firearms, replica or imitation firearms, explosives and detonators, knives and blades carried as weapons, machetes, knuckle dusters, batons, stun devices, pepper and other incapacitating sprays, and any item made, adapted or intended to cause injury.

2.3 The law. Possessing a firearm or ammunition in Nigeria without the licence the Firearms Act (Cap F28, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004) requires is a criminal offence, and some firearms may not be held privately at all. Carrying a weapon onto an aircraft or into an airport security area outside aviation security rules is also an offence. Holding a firearm licence does not give anyone the right to carry a weapon on a Pickup trip: the trip is a private charter, and the Operator sets this condition of carriage for every Guest. The exception in clause 2.4 is the only one.

2.4 On duty security personnel. A Guest may travel with lawfully assigned, on duty security personnel if the Operator consents. The only exception to clause 2.1 is an on duty state security official lawfully authorised to carry a weapon, such as an officer of the Nigeria Police Force assigned to a person, or a diplomatic security detail. Pickup does not provide, arrange or book such personnel, and does not decide whether they may travel. That decision belongs to the Operator (and on aircraft, also the pilot in command), for the safety of the trip and to comply with its licence and the law. The Operator must decide on safety and regulatory grounds only, and the same way for every Guest.

2.5 Tell the Operator in advance. A Guest who will travel with security personnel must tell the Operator by message in the app before the trip, including how many people will travel and whether they are armed. Personnel count towards the certified capacity of the Vehicle, Vessel or Aircraft. The Operator may ask for reasonable evidence that the personnel are on official duty.

2.6 By vertical.

(a) Cars: at the Operator's discretion. Any weapon must be carried by the officer, on their person, and never handed to the chauffeur or left in the Vehicle.

(b) Boats and yachts: at the Operator's and the captain's discretion, subject to the certified capacity of the Vessel and the rules of LASWA, NIWA and NIMASA. The captain may require a weapon to be secured while aboard.

(c) Aircraft: a weapon may be carried only as the Civil Aviation Act 2022, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations and the national aviation security rules permit, with the advance agreement of the Operator and the pilot in command. Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and aviation security screening stays absolute on every jet segment, with no exception for security personnel. The pilot in command may refuse.

2.7 Crew. No crew member may carry a weapon on a trip, whatever licence they hold.

3. Security add ons

3.1 Security offered on Pickup is limited to unarmed personnel from private guard companies licensed by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) under the Private Guard Companies Act, engaged and supplied by the Operator. Ask the Operator about available security add ons before booking.

3.2 No armed escorts are arranged through Pickup. Pickup does not offer, arrange or book police escorts, military escorts or armed security. An Operator must not offer them through the Platform, and a Guest must not ask an Operator or crew to arrange them.

4. Dangerous goods

4.1 Aircraft. Dangerous goods must not be carried on an aircraft except as the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations, the Operator's procedures and the international dangerous goods rules they apply allow. Examples include flammable liquids and gases, compressed gas cylinders, corrosive, toxic and radioactive substances, fireworks, and some lithium batteries and devices that contain them. Spare batteries and power banks are carried only as the crew instructs.

4.2 Boats and yachts. No fuel containers, gas cylinders, fireworks, sky lanterns, flares (other than the Vessel's own safety equipment), open flames or barbecues may be brought aboard without the captain's consent, and then only as the captain directs.

4.3 Cars. Nothing may be carried that endangers the Vehicle or its occupants, including fuel containers, gas cylinders or fireworks.

4.4 Declare it. Declare to the Operator, through the app before the trip, any item you are unsure about. The crew, and on aircraft the pilot in command, may refuse to carry any item.

5. Illegal and other prohibited items

5.1 The following are prohibited on every trip:

(a) illegal drugs, and controlled medicines without a lawful prescription;

(b) stolen, counterfeit or smuggled goods;

(c) cash or other assets the carrier knows or suspects are the proceeds of crime, or are being moved to avoid reporting or customs rules;

(d) protected wildlife or wildlife products, and animals or plants that need an import, export or quarantine permit the traveller does not hold;

(e) any item whose possession or carriage is illegal under Nigerian law or the law of the place of departure or arrival; and

(f) anything the Operator's licence or the law prohibits on the Vehicle, Vessel or Aircraft.

5.2 Operator rules. Operators may set further reasonable rules for a Listing, such as no smoking, no glass on deck or no food in the cabin, provided they are shown on the Listing before booking and apply to every Guest.

6. Searches and screening

6.1 On aircraft, every Traveller and every bag is subject to the security screening the airport and aviation authorities require. A Traveller who refuses screening cannot board.

6.2 Operators and crew do not search Guests or their belongings. They may ask what an item is, and may refuse to carry a person or item they reasonably believe breaks this Policy.

7. What happens if this Policy is broken

7.1 Refusal. The crew may refuse to start a trip, or end a trip as soon as it is safe, if a person carries a Weapon or prohibited item. The cause is within the Guest's control, so unless clause 7.2 applies, only the road levy comes back on a trip that does not happen, and no refund is due for the part of a trip not delivered after it starts. We open a case that holds the Operator's money until we check, under the Cancellation and Refund Policy.

7.2 Security personnel. If a Guest told the Operator in advance under clause 2.5 and the Operator declines to carry the personnel before the trip starts, the Booking is cancelled and the Guest receives a full refund. If no advance notice was given and the Operator declines at pickup, the Guest's own cancellation option applies as if the Guest cancelled at that time, under the Cancellation and Refund Policy, and we open a case that holds the Operator's money until we check.

7.3 Account action. Carrying a Weapon in breach of this Policy is critical conduct under the Community Standards. It leads to immediate suspension and, if upheld after the investigation those Standards describe, removal. Other breaches lead to the step on the consequences ladder that fits their seriousness. Anyone affected is told the reasons and may appeal within 30 days to a person not involved in the first decision, who decides within 14 days.

7.4 Authorities. We may report the matter to the police or another competent authority where the law requires or where there is a risk to life or of serious injury, as our Law Enforcement Requests policy describes. On aircraft, the pilot in command and the airport authorities may act under aviation law.

8. Reporting

8.1 If you see a Weapon or prohibited item on a trip and feel unsafe, leave when it is safe to do so and call 112. On a live trip you can also use Alert my emergency contacts. In-app safety features are secondary information tools and do not constitute an emergency response service. Pickup does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted live monitoring, and automated prompts do not shift emergency response duties away from public authorities. In an emergency, call 112.

8.2 Then report it through Report a problem in the app, or at support@pickupcharter.com. The process in the Community Standards applies. No one may retaliate against you for reporting in good faith.

9. Changes, law and contact

9.1 We may update this Policy. We give at least 30 days' notice of a material change by email or in the app, unless a change is needed sooner for safety or by law, when it takes effect at once. Continuing to use the Platform after the change takes effect means you accept it; you may close your Account instead.

9.2 This Policy is governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Disputes are resolved as the dispute terms that apply to you provide: Complaints and disputes in the Guest Terms, Disputes and governing law in the Operator Agreement, or Disputes and governing law in the Crew Terms.

9.3 Contact: in app support, or support@pickupcharter.com. Legal notices: by email to legal@pickupltd.com, effective on receipt.