Navy rates S’ South operations ‘successful’

Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ekwe-Ibas, on Saturday, said recent operations by the navy in the South-South and other parts of the country have been successful.
Ibas stated this while briefing journalists at the end of the Third Quarter Route March in Abuja.
The naval chief was represented by Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Naval Headquarters, Rear Admiral Adeniyi Osinowo.
He said the operations, carried out in partnership with other security agencies, were in line with the navy’s mandate to protect Nigeria’s territorial integrity.
Ibas attributed the successes to concerted efforts of the personnel in strategic and tactical operations.
He said, “We have significant cooperation as well from all cooperating agencies, we have sharpened our skills as operational concept.
“We also have dedicated anti-piracy units in place within the past few months.
“All these to a reasonable extent have decimated the undesirable series of attacks we noticed in the early part of this year.
“As it is now, we have limited attacks on offshore and on the oil and gas infrastructure.”