In its continued drive to curb smuggling and other forms of illegality across Nigeria’s maritime and border environment, the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry today handed over a total of 525 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Seme Area Command and 60 bags of the same commodity to the NCS Western Marine Command.
All the handed-over items were intercepted during a series of targeted, intelligence-led operations conducted by personnel of the Base in recent weeks. These successful interceptions form part of the Nigerian Navy’s sustained efforts to enforce Federal Government directives against smuggling and other acts of economic sabotage within the nation’s maritime environment and adjoining land borders.
Speaking during the handover, the Commanding Officer, Captain (NN) B. O. Omotayo, ably represented by the Base Executive Officer, reaffirmed the Base’s unwavering commitment to ensuring a secure, lawful, and economically viable maritime domain. He emphasized that the operations were carried out in strict compliance with the Harmonized Standard Operating Procedures (HSOP) for Arrest and Handover, as well as extant regulations guiding inter-agency collaboration.
Captain Omotayo further assured that FOB Badagry would continue to intensify surveillance and patrol activities across its Area of Operations to deter smugglers and other perpetrators of maritime and border-related crimes. He reiterated that the Forward Operating Base remains resolutely committed to achieving the strategic and operational objectives of the Nigerian Navy, in line with the directives and vision of the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral I. Abbass.
The Nigerian Navy, through FOB Badagry, continues to demonstrate professionalism, effective inter-agency synergy, and operational excellence in safeguarding Nigeria’s maritime and border environment.
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