Nigerian Navy trains personnel to respond to harbour threats

The Eastern Naval Command, ENC of the Nigerian Navy, connected Wednesday conducted a harbour defence simulation grooming workout to consolidate troops’ readiness to respond to harbour threats.

The exercise, which was flagged disconnected by the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), ENC, Rear Admiral Chidozie Okehie, was conducted astatine the Nigeria Navy Ship, NNS VICTORY, jetty successful Calabar.

Okehie Represented by the Chief Staff Officer, Rear Admiral Steven Ibrahim, explained that the workout was nicknamed “EXERCISE EDIKPEME-MUO”, which means harmless waters successful Efik and Ibibio languages.

He said the workout was designed to signifier harbour drills and exigency effect procedures involving ships alongside, NNS VICTORY and different enactment units wrong the command.

The FOC said the nonsubjective of the workout was to trial the level of alertness, coordination and inter-unit synergy successful the lawsuit of an onslaught oregon emergency.

According to him, the purpose is to hole the men to beryllium capable to promptly respond to immoderate untoward situations and threats to the ships and bases,” helium explained.

The FOC, who attributed the caller palmy rescue of 22 unit members connected committee MV CHIMBA Express by NNS OSE to the predominant grooming exercises, expressed the command’s resoluteness to prolong the workout to guarantee its men are up to the task to respond to specified ...