- According to him, he has stepped on many toes while carrying out his job to protect pipelines in the Niger Delta, adding that he can’t go anywhere without security details.
The owner of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has disclosed that powerful and influential persons outside the Niger-Delta are behind oil theft in the region.
He said the oil thieves barons who are in Lagos State and Abuja, the federal capital territory, wants him dead.
Tompolo made the disclosure during a working visit of the Nigerian Bar Association national executive, led by its President, Afam Osigwe (SAN), to Oporoza, the headquarters of the Gbaramatu Kingdom.
According to him, he has stepped on many toes while carrying out his job to protect pipelines in the Niger Delta, adding that he can’t go anywhere without security details.
This is even as Tompolo called for synergy between the Navy and other security outfits to boost surveillance on the country’s crude oil pipelines in the Niger Delta.
“While doing this work, we have stepped on a lot of toes of people over there in Lagos and Abuja. We have stepped on a lot of toes.
“As I am here, after my court cases, I cannot travel anywhere because of me and the key people (barons) fighting this battle.
“If I want to travel to Abuja to visit you, I must go with security. Even with two or three security personnel, none of them are happy with me, and they are now collaborating with top players involved in oil theft,” he stated