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• 07 Mar, 2026

A group, Niger Delta Advocate 4 Good Governance, Anti-Corruption and Transparency, has sent a letter to President Bola Tinubu over rising disenchantment among some ethnic groups in the region over their alleged exclusion from the protection of national assets through the oil pipeline surveillance jobs. According to the group, despite the noticeable contributions of the Tantita Security Service in the security of oil pipelines in the region, the rising cry of exclusion by the Isoko, Itsekiri, and other ethnic groups in the region is creating tension in the region. The group, after an emergency annual stakeholders meeting to review governance in 2025, stated that the letter to President Tinubu is not intended to malign any individual, company, kingdom, or ethnic nationality, but to unravel the untold story of marginalisation of the original critical stakeholders who fought hard in the Niger Delta struggle but are now denied taking part in the pipeline surveillance contract job coordination of the Isoko ethnic nationality section. The group in the statement signed by Captain Momoh Ebiowei Erickson, stated that the letter to Mr. President is a call for clarity, fairness, and urgent presidential engagement regarding the controversy surrounding the Isoko Ethnic Nationality Pipeline Surveillance arrangement under the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited. According to the group, since 2022, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited's best efforts to reduce oil theft, pipeline vandalism, and economic sabotage have not produced the desired result. "The zero participation of the rightful stakeholders from Isoko land in the oil pipeline surveillance contract job in Isoko land has become a focal point for security and economic instability. Source: https://thesun.ng/surveillance-contract-niger-delta-group-demands-inclusion-of-isoko-nation/