 As part of efforts to sustain the fight against crude oil theft and other firms of criminality in the Niger Delta region and Nigeria at large, the Nigerian Navy has flagged off a sea, land and air operation code-named Operation Delta Sanity. Flagging off the operation at the NPA Jet in Wari, the chief of the novel staff, Vice-Admiral Immanuel Ogalla, flanked by the Minister of Petroleum for State, Hennequin Lupo-Biri, said the exercise is to reduce crude oil theft to the barest minimum. I have come here to listen to the officers and raties, listen to them, have a first-hand view of some of their platforms and facilities with a view to looking at how to improve on operations. Key to this is the operation we launched today, which is Operation Delta Sanity. It is a reinvigorated effort to bring crude oil theft and oil theft in Nigeria and other criminalities to the barest minimum within the Niger Delta. It is as a result of the assessments we have done and what we think we need to do. The operation we launched today will be, we have additional assets, both surface platforms, air assets, underwater assets, unmanned area vehicles, our maritime domain awareness facilities and additional personnel have been integrated into the operation with a view to making sure that we turn the tide against the criminals that have constituted the problem with the maritime environment. This is in line with the President Bola Mettinubu, G.C.F.R., his renewed hope. Minister of Petroleum for State Henikin Lokobiri and the Delta State Governor, who was represented by his SSG, spoke on the need to support the Nigerian Navy. The government is doing its full weight to this operation, Delta Sanity. It is important to know, to stay here, that the Nigerian Navy cannot succeed alone. For this operation to be successful, all stakeholders are enjoined to collaborate with the Nigerian Navy. The Nigerian Navy, too, should have the culture of also embracing other agencies in the cost of this fight against it. It is to consolidate successes recorded by the Nigerian Navy in the fight against oil theft, pipeline vandalism, illegal oil bunker, and other related crimes with the objective of achieving a secure maritime domain. This is a most welcome development and clear demonstration of the vision and dedication of the Navy to secure a... The reduction in oil theft is principally because of the effort of the Nigerian Navy and some other security agencies. You recall that the Nigerian Navy is the lead agency in terms of maritime security. We have the platforms, we have the reach, we have the spread. There is no other organization that has the widespread presence in the maritime environment like the Nigerian Navy. So the reduction in the oil theft is because of what the Nigerian Navy has done in terms of changing the modus operandi of the operation. We have also done what we call self-assessment and self-introspection.