Press Briefing: Itsekiri people debunk viral video protesting against Tompolo Tantita

 Itsekiri personnels of the Tantita Security Services Limited Friday debunked a viral video where some persons were seen protesting against Tompolo and his security outfit, claiming that Itsekiri has not been employed in the job.

PEBNEWS can report that Tantita beneficiaries in Itsekiri axis had gathered at Ugbodede Community, in Warri South Local Government Area, of Delta State to counter the viral video during a press briefing on Friday.

Fidelis Lori, Coordinator of Obodo, Opumami Cluster, and other six communities revealed that, "We have contract, we have those that are employed directly working with Tantita Security Services and by the grace of God, most of our coordinators are here.

"We are here to tell the general public that whatever they were saying were all misleading. Itsekiri communities to the best of our knowledge, we have been carried along.

"We've looked into that video closely, critically and well analysed, we found out that 100 percent of those that are involved during that purported protest happened not to be from Itsekiri indigenes, they're not from our communities, the people you are seeing here now are the people representing Itsekiri communities. 

"In my cluster, where I happen to be the coordinator, I have about 135 job slots, it's already ongoing and well paying," he stated.

Meanwhile, Engr. Samson Uwatse, Coordinator of Tantita, Ugbodede Unit, covering routes along Warri rivers maintained that Tantita Security has touched so many lives in the Itsekiri region. 

"We have employees in Ugbodede Community as a whole. In this community, we have women employees, elders, and youths who are partaking in Tantita Security Services, and they all have been paid every month.

"So, with all this together, I want to inform the entire nation that those people that saying that Tompolo and Tantita is not carrying Itsekiri along are liers and the Tantita office is doing well in fighting oil theft in the nation. We the Itsekiris are here to support it fully." Uwatse stated.

On his part, Mr. Francis Agberuku, Ubeji Community Trustees Adviser, one of the beneficiaries said, "in our area, there're hosts of indigenes that Tantita employed and paying very well, we're really happy with the job".

Another Tantita beneficiary, Kuyatsemi Collins and others expressed grievances over the viral videos, stressing that they are not happy about the accusation, that Tantita is not giving attention to them. Asserting that, "We are here to say that it's not true".