Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has appealed to the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla to help establish the presence of the Navy in the Coast of Calabar to attract coastal investments into the state and safeguard national oil assets and platforms within the state. He also called for an enhanced naval presence with an operational base along the maritime border between Nigeria and Cameroon at the Bakassi maritime area. At a meeting he had with the naval boss on Monday, the Governor said Cameroonian authorities have maintained security control while the Nigeria…