*******TSSNL Pipeline Surveillance Contract Extension: Itsekiri Leaders, Coordinators Endorse TANTITA, Lambast Detractors
******Itsekiri Coordinators of TSSNL Pipeline Surveillance Contract Commends President Tinubu On Tantita’s Contract Extension.
*******Itsekiri Coordinators of TSSNL’ Pipeline Surveillance Contact Urges Detractors to Channel Their Energies into Productive Ventures
By Victor Bieni, Asaba
As part of efforts to appreciate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his continuous support, award and extension of Tantita’s FGN Pipeline Surveillance Contact and condemn calls for decentralization or cancellation by some detractors urging the President to revoke the contract an action capable destabilizing peace and development in the Niger-Delta region, Itsekiri coordinators of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL have thrown their weight behind the company’s pipeline surveillance contract as group condemned calls for revocation of TSSNL’s Federal Government Pipeline Surveillance Contract, stating that Tantita has maintained high level of credibility, competence, efficiency, discipline and results in the protection of Oil and Gas Critical Infrastructure.
Royal Paradise Media (News Online) learnt this in a press statement today being on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 as signed and co-signed by Mr. Mr. Ebisan Fenemigho, Ubagboro Cluster, Mr Fidelis Ete Lori , Mr Johnson Onire, Mr Emmanuel Demeyin and over Thirty-eight (38) others from different Clusters as Itsekiri Leaders, Coordinators of Tantita’s, TSSNL”s FGN Pipeline Surveillance Contact made available to Journalists in Asaba, Delta State capital described detractors of Tantita’s FGN Pipeline Surveillance Contact as self-serving individuals who do not represent the people’s interests.
The statement by Itsekiri Coordinators reads in part: “We the Itsekiri Coordinators of TSSNL’s FGN Pipeline Surveillance Contact hereby express our heartfelt appreciation to President Bola Tinubu to have awarded and extended the Tantita’s FGN Pipeline Surveillance Contact in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria”
“Tantita’s exceptional performance in curbing oil theft and restoring stability in the Niger Delta is second to none in Niger-Delta region and Nigeria in general. We affirmed that High Chief Government Ekpemupolo
(a.k.a TOMPOLO) is the most capable leader for the assignment”.
“We the Itsekiri coordinators of TSSNL’s FNG Pipeline Surveillance Contact hereby make it emphatically clear to all Niger-Deltans, Nigerians that inclusivity and representation are already embedded in Tantita’s structure. Also, that community-based individuals were equally appointed as coordinators and contractors.”
“We also State that the company’s operations have brought significant improvements to security and environmental stability in the Niger Delta waterways”.
“Tantita has effectively eradicated incidents of kidnapping and unrest in the region’s waters. Also, the Company is promoting aquatic life through ecosystem protection. As the coordinators in Itsekiri ethnic Nationalities of Delta State, Niger-Delta region, we are proud to be part of this structure, representing various oil-producing and pipeline-hosting communities in our region and Nigeria in general”.
“As Leaders of Itsekiri ethnic Nationalities of Delta State, Niger-Delta region and Nigeria in general, we condemned calls by some detractors for decentralization or cancellation of the contract”.
“We hereby regard the said call by some detractors of Tantita’s FGN Pipeline Surveillance Contact as misguided and self-serving. The self-serving agitators are often individuals previously involved in pipeline vandalism and illegal activities, now seeking to disrupt the peace and stability being enjoyed in the Niger-Delta region”.
“As the authentic, recognized leaders and citizens voice representing our people in various Communities of Itsekiri ethnic Nationalities of Delta State, Niger-Delta region, we hereby pass a vote of confidence on Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL”.
“We also State that Tantita’s FGN Pipeline Surveillance Contract is a responsibility entrusted to a competent organization, not a regional entitlement. Tantita has earned this trust through performance, discipline, and results”.
“We hereby use this medium to advice to the detractors of TSSNL’ over Pipeline Surveillance Contact to explore legitimate opportunities rather than disrupt a system delivering results”.
“We Itsekiri coordinators of TSSNL’ Pipeline Surveillance Contact hereby reaffirmed our support for Tantita Security Services, a Company committed to protecting Nigeria’s oil and gas assets and sustaining peace, environmental stability, and development in our communities and the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria”.