Eugene Agha
16 June 2008
Lagos — Naval officers from the British Royal Navy and its Nigerian counterpart rose from a security seminar on board HMS Albion, with the resolve that the Gulf of Guinea needs proper protection.
British High Commission's Defence Attache in Nigeria, Colonel Nick Pele, while addressing some defence correspondents, described the seminar as a welcome development and an attempt to build the Nigerian Navy's capabilities as leaders in the ECOWAS sub-region, and as principal leaders in the African Union in the areas of peace -keeping operations.
He said the two-day seminar, which was rounded up last Thursday, was meant to spread good ideas between, the British Royal Navy and their Nigerian counterparts in cross country services.
Pele said the seminar will further cement relationship between the two.
According to him, the Royal Navy, led by captain Wyne Keble' was in Nigeria to carry out low level training with their Nigerian counterparts and hold a joint seminar on maritime security, particularly on littoral areas from the shore line and after about 100 to 150 kilometers, which both countries dominate.
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