Navy Launches Annual Sea Exercise “Eru Obodo 2025” to Boost Maritime Security
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas (Admiralty Medal), on Monday, 8 December 2025, flagged off the Nigerian Navy’s Annual Sea Exercise, codenamed Exercise Eru Obodo 2025, aboard the Nigerian Navy Ship KADA in Apapa, Lagos.
The exercise, whose title “Eru Obodo” translates from Yoruba as “Guardian or Fear of Our National Waters,” is symbolic of the Navy’s resolve to instill fear in criminals attempting to operate within Nigerian maritime corridors.
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Exercise Eru Obodo 2025 features the deployment of 16 Nigerian Navy ships, three helicopters, and the full array of the Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) assets, alongside specially assigned personnel. The assets will patrol areas extending beyond Lagos waters and across the wider Gulf of Guinea. According to the Navy, the drill aims to assess operational readiness and demonstrate Nigeria’s capability to secure the maritime environment within the West African sub-region.
Vice Admiral Abbas explained that the exercise will test the Navy’s capacity to dominate the maritime domain, guarantee freedom of navigation for lawful economic activities, and deter all forms of maritime crime.
Earlier in his remarks, the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command and Officer in Tactical Command (OTC) for the operation, Rear Admiral Abdullahi Abubakar Mustapha, disclosed that a series of tactical manoeuvres will be executed during the exercise. These include anti-piracy operations, anti–illegal oil bunkering operations, search and rescue (SAR) missions, and visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drills.
The CNS expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for his continuous support to the Armed Forces, especially the Nigerian Navy. He reiterated that the Navy remains prepared and capable of undertaking any mission assigned by the President.
By PRNigeria
