Nigerian Navy, has reiterated its commitment to continue to protect the nation’s maritime domain against crude oil thieves and other criminal activities.

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas, said this at the end of the second quarter route match at Mogadishu Military Cantonment, Abuja, saying matching was much related to military.

Ete-Ibas who spoke through Chief of Logistics, Naval Headquarters, Rear Admiral James Oluwole, said the major objectives of the route match was to keep the personnel fit, particularly physically and mentally, to enable them carry out their professional responsibilities of protecting the nation’s assets.

He said personnel fitness is very important, considering the nature of job of NN as it requires a lot of physical and mental alertness.

He added that the route match cut across all personnel, from the lowest rank to the senior, across all NN units in the country simultaneously.