The Mayor of Urhoboland and prominent ex-militant leader, Eshanakpe Israel, a.k.a Akpodoro has called on the secuirty agencies and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, (NNPCL) in their renewed interest in combating the menace of oil theft in the Niger Delta region to focus more outside the western axis of the Nigerian waterways being manned by the Tantita Security Services Nig LTD, TSSNL owned and managed by the High Chief Government Ekpemukpolo a.k.a Tomopolo.
Akpodoro, in a statement said the entire Nigerian waters should be awarded the TSSNL rather than allow leakages from other areas manned by weak contractors who are fast becoming clogs in the wheel of progress in the war against oil thieves.
According to him, that axis under the operational areas of the former leader of TSSNL is water-tight in terms of the protection of the pipelines and the contractor should be encouraged by expanding his operational scope.
He said TSSNL has demonstrated enough capacity and the will to manage the protection and security of the entire spread of the oil pipelines in the region and beyond.
Security of pipelines, according to him requires expertise and patriotism like Nigerians have witnessed in the skillful operations of the TSSNL, stating that it won’t be a bad idea to disengage failed contractors and cede their areas of dereliction to a firm whose progress grows by the moments.
Akpodoro pointed out that the plummeting Nigeria’s quota in the International oil market could spike up with a concerted and calculated actions aimed at perfecting all imperfections in operations of the contractors handing other oil facilities’ corridors by coding same to a more competent firm like TSSNL.