Tompolo Hails Nigerian Media’s Role in Anti-Oil Theft War as NUJ Pays Tribute in Oporoza ~ Truth Reporters
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tantita Security Services Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has commended the Nigerian media for its strategic role in the ongoing fight against crude oil theft and economic sabotage in the Niger Delta.
Tompolo gave the commendation over the weekend while hosting the National, Zonal, and State leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at his country home in Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State.
The visit was part of the NUJ’s appreciation tour following Tantita’s completion and donation of a state-of-the-art press centre to the NUJ Warri Correspondents’ Chapel, as well as Tompolo’s significant support towards the Union’s 2024 Triennial Delegates Conference held in Owerri, Imo State.
Speaking during the visit, Tompolo acknowledged the unwavering support of the media in amplifying the efforts and successes of Tantita Security Services. He credited the organization’s global reputation to consistent, transparent, and professional coverage by journalists across the country.
“All over the world, people are seeing what we are doing because of your work. Your contributions to the visibility of Tantita cannot be overstated,” he said. “What we commissioned for the NUJ in Warri is small compared to the immense role the media is playing in our national security efforts.”
Tompolo called for stronger collaboration between security stakeholders and the media, emphasizing that achieving the goal of securing Nigeria’s waterways requires unity and shared commitment.
“We must put everything we have into making Nigerian waters the safest in the world and we can only do that together,” he stressed.
In his remarks, NUJ National President, Comrade Alhassan Yahya, expressed deep gratitude to Tompolo for his unprecedented support to the union, especially during the Owerri conference where he emerged as NUJ’s national leader.
He described the Warri press centre project as historic, noting that no NUJ chapel in the country had ever been gifted a permanent secretariat until now. “This gesture is not just generous; it is transformational,” Yahya stated, adding that the facility would greatly enhance the practice of journalism in the Niger Delta.
Yahya also reaffirmed the Union’s commitment to professionalism and objectivity in reporting, pledging continued partnership with Tantita in its mission to secure the nation’s oil assets.
The NUJ delegation included immediate past National President Chief Chris Isiguzo, Deputy National President Dr. Abimbola Oyetunde, Zone F Vice President Comrade Opaka Dokubo, and Zonal Secretary Comrade John Angese.
Others present were NUJ Delta Council Chairman Comrade Churchill Oyowe, Secretary Comrade Victor Sorokwu, Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Delta Chapter, Comrade Sonia Unobunjo, and her deputy, Comrade Ruth Omigie, among others.
Also in attendance was veteran journalist and media leader Asiwaju Sola Adebayo, alongside Dr. Paul Bebenimibo, Media Director at Tantita Security Services.
The visit was marked by mutual pledges of continued collaboration between the media and Tantita Security Services, in what stakeholders described as a “critical alliance” for national development and regional peace.
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