The Marine Section is currently a branch of ‘B’ Department of the Force. The Section has eighty-one Marine Stations, and Outpost spread across the length and breadth of the inland navigable rivers and waterways in the country. It has formations and commands at the Force Headquarters and twenty states of the federation as listed below;

The FMO is the administrative head of the Section and usually operate from the Force Headquarters. He is responsible for coordinating the overall functionality of the Marine Section and reports directly to the IGP. The FMO oversees and coordinates security efforts across all the established Marine States including Human Resources, Personnel Management and Identified Security Initiatives and Standards.

Administrative and operational management activities to enhance the value of the Force Marine, b. oversee a network of subordinate officers (SMO) who safeguard the Force assets (e.g. Gunboats, dinghies, arms and ammunitions etc.) and also coordinate administrative and operational duties, c. identify operational/administrative goals, objectives consistent with the Force plan, d. maintain relationship with Federal Law Enforcement and other related government agencies, e. oversee operational/administrative response planning as well as the investigation of maritime security breaches, and assist with disciplinary and legal matters associated with such breaches as necessary, f. advises the IGP on issues that concerns both national and international maritime affairs.

The State formations of the Section are headed by State Marine Officers, who are operationally responsible to the Commands Commissioners of Police. The SMO are administrative and operational head of the state command they control, and they are responsible for coordinating subordinate officers under their command during operational duties. They also administer the personnel management of their respective command and give feedback or returns of the following to the Force Marine Officer; - Arms and Ammunition, - Nominal Roll, - Boats and Launches, - Establishment and strength, etc.

Directly responsibility to the SMO, the Divisional Marine Officer (DMO) are the grass root officers who take charge of marine out stations. The major responsibilities are to coordinate the day to day operational and administrative duties, relay order and directives from the SMO and perform escort and conveyance duties as approved by the SMO.

The section resolved to improve on its achievements through intensified waterways anticrime patrols and surveillance operations. Concentration was centered on the Niger Delta Area, where the following anti-crime operations were conducted on a much higher scale:

(i) Off-shore drilling and flow stations in the Niger Delta Area,

(ii) Off-shore (petroleum) storage platforms and conveyance tanks,

(iii) Off-shore petroleum loading and discharge facilities,

(iv) Ships berthed at the various ports (including those awaiting berthing facilities),

(v) Escort and static guard of important petroleum engineering and general equipment conveyed from one coastal city to another through the maritime highways to forestall/prevent attacks by armed sea pirates and bandits,

(vi) Active participation in ‘Operation Pulo Shield’, a massive operational onslaught in Bayelsa State.

(vii) Training of 111 cadet officers at Police Training School, Gwoza, on weapon handling,

(viii) Just concluded constable recruitment screening exercise at Police Jetty, Lagos.

(ix) As a result of the acquired fully equipped combat patrol launches, a new maintenance culture was implemented to emplace a cost-effective equipment management and utilization in the Section. The overall result of these was a reduced crime rate in the region.

(x) Intensive maritime patrol in River Niger and Benue has led to a general reduction in crime rate in the affected states. Cases of boat mishap and other forms of navigational offences have reduced to the barest minimum in this region.