The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Dele Ezeoba, has disclosed that the Nigerian Navy will soon commence a week long exercise aimed at tackling the illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta.
Ezeoba, who made this known in Ikot Abasi on Tuesday during on a one-day tour of NNS Jubilee, said that the exercise will commence on Nov. 12 and end on Nov. 18,
“The Chief of Naval Staff has come up with an exercise that will commence on N0v. 12 and end on Nov. 18. It will be fleets evaluation exercise to look at the fleets.
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Dele Ezeoba, has disclosed that the Nigerian Navy will soon commence a week long exercise aimed at tackling the illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta.
Ezeoba, who made this known in Ikot Abasi on Tuesday during on a one-day tour of NNS Jubilee, said that the exercise will commence on Nov. 12 and end on Nov. 18,
“The Chief of Naval Staff has come up with an exercise that will commence on N0v. 12 and end on Nov. 18. It will be fleets evaluation exercise to look at the fleets.
“In that exercise, being a one week exercise, all of us will be at the fleets to check different sectors from Escravos to Bonny area to look at how we can tackle the challenges of illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta,“ he said.
The chief of naval staff said that the Nigerian Navy had always remained ready to use its patrol team to check the activities of illegal bunkers that were prevalent in the Niger Delta.
According to him, at any moment, the Nigerian Navy has vessels patrolling to make sure that they check stealing of petroleum products that come out from the creeks.
Ezeoba also said that as the new Chief of Naval Staff, he was on a familarisation tour of his command, so that he would get used to the situation on ground before he settles down to contend with the challenges of the office.
He assured the Akwa Ibom people of adequate security from the Navy, saying that “even if we may not have 100 per cent security, the Nigerian Navy will continue to do its best so that a good security atmosphere is provided for the state. “
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