Hope is rising for the Nigerian military in its war against oil theft and other criminal activities in the creeks and high seas. Special forces specialising in fighting maritime criminals arrived from United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), The Netherlands and Spain to train Nigerian troops and those of six other countries in the sub-region. The chief of defence staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim, who made this disclosure yesterday at the Defence Headquarters, said a 14-day training programme called “African Winds” began on Friday for 221 troops from Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Cameroun to be followed by four-day exercises. Ibrahim said, “The African Winds programme has started with 14 days’ training that will be conducted by Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) drawn from US, UK, and Netherland Marines followed by four days’ exercises that will be conducted by units from the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force and Special Forces from the US,UK, Netherland Marines and Spanish Special Forces.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:36:08 +0000
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