Former warlord, Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo has accused the Navy of shooting at personnel of the Tantita Security Services Limited – a private outfit contracted by the Federal Government to protect oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta.
Tompolo who is the Coordinator of the firm, made this known in a statement when the Chairman of the NBA, Afam Osigwe and other executives visited him on Tuesday.
He said efforts to prevent oil theft were being sabotaged by highly placed individuals who are involved in the menace.
According to him, these individuals are not happy with him for exposing and preventing them from the illegal act, adding that he has stepped on a lot of toes.
He also lamented the incessant confrontation with the Navy while trying to curb the menace.
“Most times, you see that Tantita Security now has confrontations with the navy and every well-meaning Nigerian knows the function of the Nigerian Navy and Tantita, but nobody wants to come out to face the truth.
“Some few days back, our people intercepted a vessel in Port Harcourt, where the Nigerian Navy was shooting at Tantita security, with police, department of State Services and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,” he alleged.
The Navy was yet to react to the incident as at press time.
