On Wednesday, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla disclosed that there has been no record of piracy on Nigerian territorial waters in the last two years.
He said this while addressing participants of Naval Warfare Course 8, on his vision and mission for the Nigerian Navy.
He gave credit to the sustained efforts of the navy against piracy on Nigerian waters, since his assumption of office.
He revealed that the force under him have conducted series of operations to maintain credible presence at sea to put piracy and robbery in check.
Criminalities on the sea have reduced drastically from 22 incidences of piracy and 16 sea robberies in 2020 to just two and three, respectively, in 2022, according to him.
He also revealed that the figure was the lowest recorded in 27 years, adding that this led to the delisting of Nigeria from the world piracy list by the International Maritime Bureau in 2021