The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has said there has been no record of piracy on Nigerian territorial waters in the last two years.
\nOgalla made the disclosure in Calabar while addressing participants of Naval Warfare Course 8, on his vision and mission for the Nigerian Navy.
\nHe attributed the feat to the sustained counter piracy efforts of the Navy on Nigerian waters, since his assumption of office.
\nThe CNS said the Navy had conducted series of operations to maintain credible presence at sea to checkmate piracy and robbery.
\nAccording to Ogalla, the efforts led to the reduction of criminalities on the sea from 22 incidences of piracy and 16 sea robberies in 2020 to just two and three, respectively, in 2022.
\nHe also said the figure was the lowest recorded in 27 years, adding that this led to the delisting of Nigeria from the world piracy list by the International Maritime Bureau in 2021.
\nThe CNS further said the Navy had sustained efforts against crude oil theft through the Operation Delta Sanity which was activated in January.
\n\u201dSince the launch of the operation, oil thieves have been denied about 448,380 liters of illegally refined gas, 68,250 liters of petrol and about 6,293 barrels of stolen crude oil.
\nHe also said the Nigerian Navy had recorded successes against smugglers.
\nOgalla said Operation Calm Waters II and the tripartite joint border patrol spearheaded the war against smuggling.
\nHe explained that under these operations, 5,329 bags of foreign parboiled rice smuggled in wooden boats were intercepted from January to date.
\nHe added that in 2023, the operatives seized more than 1,200 bags of marijuana.
\nThe Naval Chief said 15 fishing trawlers were apprehended for various offences between January 2023 and January 2024.
\n\u201cThe Naval Warfare Course 8 has 24 participants comprised of seventeen naval officers, two each from air force and army, one each from Cameroon, Ghana and Guinea Bisau\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
By: Chinedu Wosu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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