 As part of the relentless efforts of the Nigerian Navy in fighting maritime illegalities, the Nigerian Navy has flagged off Operation Sea Gaiden. The exercise is aimed at tackling security threats within the nation's maritime domain and around the Gulf of Guinea. The chief of Navistar, Vice-Admirer Imano Ogala, who flagged off the exercise said it would foster cooperation among the central and eastern naval commands who are collaborating to carry out the exercise. Earlier, the flag officer commanded the central naval command Umar Chugali had warned criminals to stay away from the Nigerian maritime space. We are sending a very strong message that the remnants, they are no longer there. The remnants that have been lurking around the maritime space will have to disappear. But you know that maritime crime is very transboundary, very, very fluid. So we are collaborating with other countries in the Gulf of Guinea to show that if we pursue them from here, they will not have a safe haven in any other place. So the call to them is that zero tolerance to piracy, syrupy, crude oil theft and any other activity that is making the maritime environment unsafe. We are out for them and definitely it is our mandate we must achieve. That the last form of collaboration like this took place in 2021 in the form of exercise benefit carry and before then there has not been anyone in recent history. But we went through the books and then we checked our position that it is better to cooperate than to go alone singly. And the more we can put our resources, the better, the more efforts, the more impact that we can achieve. So you get notified about fresh news updates.