President Buhari prayed for the well-being of the CNS and that of his family.
The Nigerian Navy has announced the promotion and redeployment of senior officers nationwide.
Mr Sylva said that Mr Buhari had declared total war against those stealing national assets, thereby depriving the people of the benefits of such assets.
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, in the Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom, has seized 9,250 litres of suspected petrol.
“I am disappointed with the intelligence system. How can terrorists organise, have weapons, attack a security installation and get away with it?” said Mr Buhari.
The six-day exercise seeks to contain spates of attacks by oil thieves on critical oil and gas installations as well as other criminalities in Nigeria’s territorial waters.
