Navy Deploys Gunboats In Rivers’ Creeks To Combat Criminalities

The Nigerian Navy has assured residents of Rivers State of their safety, disclosing that its unit remained physically fit, strategically deployed, and afloat equipped to stamp retired criminalities crossed the state’s waterways and creeks.

It said that it had stepped up patrols successful the creeks and waterways, deploying gunboats and moving intimately with different agencies to support the authorities and its environs safe.

The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Commodore Cajethan Aniaku, who addressed newsmen during the 3rd 4th way march successful Port Harcourt, said the Navy has besides partnered with applicable authorities to modulate h2o transport activities.

He said: “We person our men deployed successful each the strategical creeks and locations successful the authorities to guarantee we stamp retired criminalities. We collaborate with different information agencies to guarantee that everyplace is safe. We person deployed our men connected the waterways and we guarantee regular patrols connected the waterways,” helium explained.

“We person gunboats patrolling, and we collaborate with agencies similar the National Inland Waterways Authority to guarantee that the maritime unions and h2o transport operators travel the due rules and regulations,” helium added.

“On achievements, we person made definite that the information of Rivers State is good safeguarded and that determination are nary challenges anywhere. We collaborate with each the agencies to guarantee that Rivers State is harmless and secured for the system to thrive,” helium said.

Aniaku, who was represented by the Executive Officer, Navy Captain Abubakar Sani, said the workout was to boost personnel’s carnal fittingness and heighten synergy with sister information agencies.

“The essence of the way march is to guarantee that Nigerian Navy unit are physically acceptable and steadfast to execute their law mandate, which is safeguarding the territorial integrity of Nigeria,” helium said.

The Commander, who stated that the workout demonstrated that naval unit were ever acceptable for deployment anyplace successful the country, said: “Our men are physically acceptable to beryllium deployed anyplace and astatine immoderate time.”