Nigerian Navy to send troops to fight Boko Haram

The Nigerian Navy plans to deploy some of its recently commissioned officers to join the fight against Boko Haram in the North East, according to an official.

Speaking at the passing out ceremony and commissioning of direct short service cadets in Onne, Rivers on Friday, the Chief of Defence  Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, said some of the cadets would also be deployed to other areas for internal security operations.

“As a result of ongoing internal security challenges in some parts of the country, some cadets may be deployed for operations in no distant future.

“Cadets should also keep afresh in their memory that the internal security training acquired in the course of trainings will come in handy when deployed for internal security operations.

“Having trained 110 cadets, they will be part of the combat efforts at ensuring that there is peace in every part of the Nigerian state,” he said.

Mr. Badeh said the cadets were trained for nine months in special military skills to meet with the change in dynamics and asymmetric nature of threats confronting the nation.

He said the cadets would improve the navy’s role of supporting the government in maintaining political stability and economic activities in the maritime environment.

He said that severe punishment awaited any cadet and other military personnel who aligned with political organisations and who lacked discipline in their conduct and relations with the civilian public.

“Cadets must also obey superior orders and commit to total and unflinching loyalty to the service and to the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces,” he noted.

A national of the Republic of Benin was among the cadets who graduated from the college.

(NAN)

Nigerian Navy to send troops to fight Boko Haram

NNPC, Nigerian Air Force Partner to Enhance Chad Basin Exploratory Activities

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have pledged to work hand-in-hand to promote the ongoing acquisition of seismic data in the Chad Basin and to curb crude oil theft in the creeks of the Niger Delta.

At a courtesy call on the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Joseph T. Dawha said the visit was to foster closer cooperation and collaboration between NNPC and NAF for the socio-economic growth, peace, security and stability of the country.

Dr. Dawha noted that the Nigerian Air Force has provided invaluable services to the Oil and Gas Industry through the Joint Task Force tagged ‘Operation  Pulo Shield’  where the NAF is one of the key players.

The GMD said that the support to the industry from the 81 Air Maritime Group in Benin and 97 Special Operations Group in Port Harcourt has always been an additional layer of security for the Corporation’s assets in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.

Dr. Dawha observed that security of personnel, crude and product lines have become a major challenge requiring continuous collaboration and intervention by the Government Security Agencies. Responding, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Amosu expressed the readiness of the Nigerian Air Force to collaborate with the NNPC to check the incidences of crude oil theft in the creek of the Niger Delta.

He noted that the Air Force has a crew of robust and capable men who are ready to contain the tide of insurgents in the North East which covers the Chad Basin exploratory activities of the NNPC and crude oil thieves in the creeks of the Niger Delta adding that with the rapid response aerial surveillance platform of NAF, the days of indiscriminate crude oil and products theft are over.

The GMD of NNPC was accompanied on the visit by some members of his top management.

 

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NNPC, Nigerian Air Force Partner to Enhance Chad Basin Exploratory Activities