OpenLife Nigeria reports that a highly placed traditional ruler, His Royal Majesty Bubapraye Dakolo , the Chairman of Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, has accused the Commander- in-Chief, Armed Forces of the federal republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of merely dandling ostrich security policies to address the mountainous security challenges bedevilling the country.
The traditional ruler, during an interactive session on Arise TV Wednesday morning, monitored by OpenLife, stated that the President is obviously ignoring obvious security matters and pretending to have hit the ground running to ensure safety of life and property.
In an obvious reference to the menace of oil theft in the Niger Delta region in which, about 48 hours ago, security operatives and Nigerian National Petroleum Company had set ablaze a vessel, MT TURA II, laden with 150,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Delta State, King Bubapraye Dakolo said the efforts are the equivalent of scratching the surface of insecurity without addressing the core issues.
King Dakolo faulted Tinubu’s current approach to fighting oil theft, noting that the entire gamut of security architecture under the Commander-in-Chief, needs to focus on the real issues of tackling oil theft rather than playing ostrich.
“I do not subscribe to jungle justice by the Authority. What needs to be done is to invest in the Nigerian Navy to be more professional in its responsibility.
“If the Nigeria state is serious about dealing with oil thefts, it will end in Two weeks. The Nigerian state is just playing ostrich on the matter. Whatever outcome we are getting from the fight against oil theft is what the Nigerian state wants.
“If the President wants oil theft stopped, it will stop. When that desire comes, the menace will stop”. Let the president be firm about the oil theft fight”, the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council Chairman.
Beside equipping the Nigerian Navy for optimal performance, the Bayelsa King stated further that fixing the insecurity menace in the country “Is not a rocket science.”
“Nigeria has some of the best people in the world. When you go to the most complicated places in America and United Kingdom, you would meet a black person and that black person would be a Nigerian. I know people who can perform very well and turn things around. If I am consulted, I will offer advice,” King Dakolo stated.
It would be recalled that the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has revealed that Nigeria lost 619.7 million barrels of crude oil valued at N16. 25 trillion ($46.16 billion) to crude oil theft between 2009 and 2020 in one of its reports, translating to about N25 trillion lost in crude oil theft in 12 years.

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