The Nigerian Navy has conducted a joint anti-piracy exercise with regional partner navies, involving coordinated patrol drills and information-sharing exercises as part of ongoing Gulf of Guinea maritime security cooperation.
The exercise focused on response coordination should a vessel report a security incident, testing how quickly participating navies could share vessel positions and align patrol assets to respond.
Officials described the exercise as part of a regular cycle of cooperation drills that have become a routine feature of regional maritime security efforts in recent years, rather than a response to any specific incident.