Arrest of Tantita ED operations: Evah calls on Buhari to prevail on EFCC

The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, on Sunday, lashed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for detaining the Head of operations of Tompolo’s Tantita security outfit.

The group, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Joseph Evah, condemned the continuous harassment of Tantita Security Limited’s director of operations, Capt Waredi Enisuoh by the EFCC and cabal of oil thieves.

IMG called on the international community especially foreign embassies in Nigeria to prevail on the Federal Government and its agencies to stop the harassment.

The statement reads: “For us, the people of the Niger Delta, our first interest is our environment. The oil thieves are killing our environment without mercy. Our future has been bastardized because environmental pollution is making life miserable for our people; so Tompolo is coming to save our environment and that is why the people of the Niger Delta are behind him to succeed in the work of Tantita security outfit. We want the international community to know that it is part of the peace process in the Niger Delta to stop the destruction of our environment. Therefore, the harassment of EFCC is unacceptable and should stop.

“The Ijaw wonder why EFCC which was established by law to partner with patriotic Nigerians to fight against economic sabotage will be involved in this controversial national issue where a company, celebrated by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and NNPC, is alleging that EFCC is being used to frustrate its operations.

“The action of EFCC is now causing panic among the staff of Tantita Security Company. It is enough reasons why the Minister of Petroleum, President Muhammadu Buhari, and the NNPC Managing Director, should step into this matter without delay to renew the confidence of the international community in the globally publicized slogan by NNPC that with the involvement of Tompolo, stakeholders should have faith in the operations of Nigeria’s oil industry management.

“We wish to add that the EFCC should allow the detained Tantita security company, Director of operations to see his family, Doctors, and lawyers without delay as the alarm raised by his staff that he has been held incommunicado without any news of his whereabouts is causing worries everywhere in the Niger-Delta,” Evah added.