By Deborah Nnamdi
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described as ‘cheap blackmail’ the allegations by Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) that the Nigerian Navy was frustrating the fight against crude oil theft.
The Chairman of TSSNL, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, made the allegation while hosting the National Leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday.
Reacting to the allegation while briefing journalists on the military’s operations on Thursday in Abuja, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, said the allegation was laughable.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the major general said that the military always seeks the cooperation of all stakeholders in the ongoing fight against crude oil theft in the Niger Delta.
“That is what Nigeria wants. We want to increase the crude oil production of our nation and not all this cheap fighting.
“We are going to continue to try to work together with all partners but all this cheap blackmail, we should move past that in the interest of our nation.
“We will work together with all partners and I think that all this cheap blackmail should stop because the effort of our Navy is obvious to all,” he said.
