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By Oscar Okhifo
The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, HRM Obukowho Monday Whiskey JP. Udurhie 1, has condemned what he described as unhealthy media bitter campaigns against High Chief Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo oand Dr. Dennis Otuaro, Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme by some unscrupulous Nigerians with a view to disorganizing the Tantita Security Services Limited operations.
The Royal father said that the will of the blackmailers and their sponsors is to see that evil elements return to pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft business in the region.
The revered monarch and Chairman, Host Communities, (Hoscon) Traditional Rulers and Elders Advisory Council in a press statement on Sunday noted that the media campaign is nothing but outright calculated attempt to blackmail Tantita Security Services Limited operations and the Presidential Amnesty Programme
His words : “The calculated media campaign against High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo , a.k.a Tompolo and his Tantita Security Nigeria Limited is nothing but employing blackmail as a strategy to disorganised the operations of the results oriented Security Company so that they can return to their evil businesses of crude theft and pipelines vandalism.
“The same group of evil minded campaigners are also out against Dr Dennis Otuaro, Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for ensuring that the right things are done to reposition the Amnesty Programme.
“Critical Niger Deltans stakeholders and other patriotic Nigerians must speak out if our national interest is indeed more important than those of few elements who have lived all their lives on Pipeline vandalism and crude theft business in the Niger Delta.
“The ongoing repositioning in the Presidential Amnesty Programme is not only visible but is indeed transformative for even the blind to see.
“The federal government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should not cave in to these well designed orchestrated campaigns as doing so will be returning the Niger Delta region to the dark era of Pipeline Vandalism, insecurity and coordinated crude theft.
“The federal government has its evaluation procedure to know if the affected Government appointee and the Pipeline Security Company is living up to its assigned duties especially when nobody has appointed these agents of darkness as monitoring authorities.
“Their plans which are well noted include, to blackmail Tompolo and Otuaro before the federal government so that they can return to their illicit business of stealing the nation’s wealth.
“As a critical stakeholder in the Niger Delta Programme, I am very convinced that the federal government and the supervising agencies are comfortable with the high level achievements of Tantita Security Services Limited in many areas.
“From the restoration of habitable environments to the return of aquatic lives, from clean water bodies to environmental restoration. Any plots to instigate the federal government and its agents against Tompolo and his Tantita Security company will surely be an evil wind that will blow no one any good.
“Rather than castigate Tompolo and Otuaro, they should be commended, for the fact that we are all living witnesses to the sorry state of our economy and environment before the advent of Tantita Security Services Limited in the Niger Delta” he declared.