N’Delta group raises alarm over moves by some ethnic miscreants to attack pipelines to blackmail Tompolo, Tantita in Delta

The Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI has alleged that some suspected individuals in Itsekiri nation were planning to blow up pipelines in Warri South West and Warri North to incite the Federal Government to terminate the surveillance contract from TANTITA Security Services Nigeria Limited.

The alarm was raised by its national president Comrade Ozobo Austin in a statement issued and forwarded to newsmen in Warri, Delta State on Sunday.

According to the statement, “the plot was to incite the federal government against High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo and Tantita services Nigeria limited to terminate the contract, adding that the move was misguided and could have conspired by suspected Itsekiri miscreants.

The statement reads, “Our attention has drawn to move by suspected Itsekiri miscreants sponsored by the highly placed leaders to vandalize pipelines in Warri South West and Warri North to incite the Federal Government to terminate the surveillance contract from TANTITA Security Services Nigeria Limited.

“The plot is to incite the federal government against Tompolo and Tantita services Nigeria limited to terminate the contract.That is a misguided conspiracy of suspected Itsekiri miscreants.

“The security agents and the federal government should take notice of this report and hold accountable Itsekiri leadership for any attack on oil facilities in Delta State.

“It is obvious that Tantita’s efforts to get rid of the oil theft in Niger Delta have been thwarted severally by the Itsekiris. Itsekiris were still harboring and promoting oil theft under the covers of ethnicity, threats and campaign of calumny against Tantita. The Navy and JTF have discovered many of such nefarious activities in the Itsekiris territories in Delta State. They are creating bad impressions about Tompolo Tantita operations.

“I want to state unequivocally that there is nobody that can do the pipeline security job as Tompolo does. Those plotting such evils are enemies of the Nigerian government. The Government should not allow enemies of the current government to deceive them”