 The Central Naval Command, CNC, has said it sustained a robust presence in the Gulf of Guinea and Nigeria, backwaters, leading to the arrest of several oil thieves and other maritime offenders in the last 10 weeks. The immediate past-flag officer commanding Ray Admiral Ibrahim Shatima stated this while handing over to his successor, Ray Admiral Umar Chugali, at the Central Naval Command headquarters, Yanogua. Meanwhile, the new flag officer commanding the Central Naval Command, Ray Admiral Umar Chugali, has called for support from his men and members of the public to help the Navy achieve its mandates. I have been able to locate over 190 illegal refining sites on down by command and within the Central Naval Command area for responsibility for the recent involvement or partnership between the Innos State government and the good people of Innos State with the Nigerian Navy, the Hydro-Caribbean Department. And that flag was done in order to trace survey the Oguta Lake, connecting the Horashiri River and finally discharging to the Atlantic. I want to thank all my children for having such a cream or team of officers, men and civilians that have come to them and they have really assisted me to achieve what we as a command have achieved. And I also want to kindly appeal to them to give same assistance to my successor. I will take off from where he stopped and with the support and assistance from all the officers, ratings and civilians of this great command, we shall move the ship forward and he has proudly said that he has enjoyed a very incredible relationship with the state government and all the state called us. We shall course know that because it is not all about the Navy, but it is about everyone that is within our tradition and in our general. So we have to join hands together and ensure that the maritime space itself, all national critical infrastructure are secured so that the regular people accrue to the government and will receive dividends of democracy.