Oil Theft: There are Traitors in Navy, Says Tantita Chief
Funmi Ogundare
The Executive Director, Technical Operations, Tantita Security Services Nigeria limited, Warredi Enisuoh, yesterday expressed concern about the ‘Judases’, in every sector of the country, even in the Nigerian Navy.
Enisuoh, who was a guest on Arise News Channel, stated that his organisation was not at loggerheads with the Navy, but only had a problem with those who were against fixing the country.
“Tantita’s relationship with the Navy has not broken down. If you listen to the Navy, they said they work with a lot of other private security service providers.
“ But I guess it is a bit of a culture shock that maybe for the first time, they are working with a company like Tantita which has got such tenacity and capacity to do damage to those who want to do damage to Nigeria. We have Judas everywhere. We have Judas in the Navy.
“We have to be at loggerheads with a few elements that just don’t agree that these crimes have to stop,” he argued.
Enisuoh, who refuted the claims of the Navy that Tantita had a hand in the arrested 77-meter-long motor tanker used for crude oil theft, said contrary to the report, the security service provider had been monitoring the ship for a long time.
He explained that it took interest in the ship in 2018 and it had been stealing oil from Nigeria since then.
“We weren’t present at that time, but we kept monitoring every situation. Mind you, my contract or Tantita’s contract never stated that that area is under our responsibility. Maybe those who are talking may need to avail themselves of my contract terms.
“Secondly, we got our informant from Ghana who told us that a ship had departed Ghana with the intention to come and steal crude oil from Nigeria. This was November 10, this year.
“We knew about it and we knew this ship is well connected and we followed this ship till it switched off its electronic signature three weeks ago and we had to create an ‘EPB’, an umbrella over the Niger delta region and we kept monitoring,” he added.
