There are exactly two Arik pilots on the 340. One captain, and one FO. The rest are contract pilots from HiFly of Portugal.
I doubt those two guys are complaining. You rarely see either one of them around Lagos. To my knowledge, the captain has never been checked out by HiFly, and I think HiFly gave up on that. The FO is checked out (he came from the CRJ, which should give some indication to his "favoured status"). The FO also has a write up on himself in one of the Arik inflight magazines. Both are Nigerians.