Pipeline Politics and Patriotism: Urhobo Youths Blow the Whistle on Saboteurs, Applaud Tantita’s Vigilance

In the heart of Nigeria’s oil-rich creeks, where pipelines once whispered secrets to saboteurs under the cloak of night, a new dawn is breaking and its guardians are speaking loud and clear.

The League of Urhobo Youth Professionals has fired a blazing rebuttal against what it describes as “a masquerade parade” of self-proclaimed Urhobo voices, allegedly hiding behind the sacred banner of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU). Their crime? Calling for the cancellation of the much-celebrated pipeline surveillance contract handled by Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited.

“These characters,” thundered Mr. Ejiroghene Ataivwevu, President of the League, “are not the voice of Urhobo land. They are merely echo chambers for their own stomach infrastructure.”

Nigeria’s oil pipeline infrastructure

According to the League, the detractors do not reside in or represent the host communities who live with the daily hum and heartbeat of Nigeria’s oil arteries pipelines, wellheads, and flow stations that power the economy and, when breached, devastate their environment.

Instead, these critics are accused of attempting to derail a success story with a mix of mischief and misinformation “gathering like thunderclouds of greed over the bright skies of progress.”

Tantita’s Tactical Triumph

Tantita Security Services, spearheaded  Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), has turned what was once Nigeria’s bleeding oil narrative into a testimony of resilience and reform. From record-breaking oil theft clampdowns to community-first engagement strategies, Tantita has deployed boots-on-ground and tech-in-sky to monitor critical infrastructure.

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In Urhoboland, the effects have been nothing short of revolutionary: oil theft is down, environmental health is up, and youth engagement is surging.

Operatives of Tantita Security securing Nigeria’s oil facilities

“Tantita has given our communities a stake in our own safety. For the first time, our young people are protectors not protestors,” Ataivwevu noted.

Oil, Lies, and Hidden Agendas

While some parties try to paint the surveillance contract in shades of controversy, Urhobo youth leaders are not fooled. “What we’re witnessing,” Ataivwevu said, “is a crude attempt to sabotage security with selfishness a call to chaos disguised as concern.”

He called on the federal government, National Security Adviser, and NNPC Limited to discard the divisive noise and continue their collaboration with Tantita.

“This is no time to play Russian roulette with our national assets. Tantita is working, and Urhoboland is better for it.”

From Protest to Patriotism

In a region long plagued by neglect and exploitation, the League’s statement signals a shift from protest politics to patriotic participation. They urge fellow Nigerians to support not just Tantita, but the broader war against illegal oil bunkering a war that threatens national revenue, local peace, and environmental survival.

And to the “faceless voices” trying to rewind the hands of progress, they have just one message: “The Urhobo nation is watching and we will not be fooled.”

In an era where national security dances a delicate tango with local politics, voices like those of the Urhobo Youth Professionals remind us that true progress is powered not by pipelines alone but by people with purpose.