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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Nigeria: Navy Set to Go After Oil Thieves With Big Ships

NNS Thunder (Hamilton class) |Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, said the Navy, together with other military and security services have deployed heavy military wares at the sea to stamp out maritime crimes especially crude theft and piracy.

Subsequently, the navy organized a fleet evaluation joint military exercise code named Operation Farauta (hunting) which lasted between November 11 and 17 in the Gulf of Guinea.

The exercise was in pursuance of President Goodluck Jonathan's mandate to the Nigerian Navy to do all it can to stamp out the prevalence of illegal maritime activities especially crude oil theft, illegal oil bunkering and piracy in the Niger Delta region.

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