Ondo ex-militants demand pipeline surveillance contract
Tamarauemi Ebimini
Ex-militants in Ondo State have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to decentralie pipeline surveillance contract for the purpose of achieving the desired goal of
the Federal Government, which is in the best interest of the country.
The ex-militants under the auspices of Ondo State Niger Delta Coastal Vanguard (NDCV), led by Akogun Job Omotuwa, said they voluntarily submitted their arms and ammunition under the amnesty programme in 2017.
They appealed to President Tinubu to identify each ex-militant leader in the Niger Delta and that the pipeline security contract should be shared among them.
In a statement signed by the group’s spokesman, Chief Lucky Ajiroba, the former militants said they have demonstrated unwavering allegiance to the terms of the amnesty initiative of the government.
The statement recommended Akogun Omotuwa as a fit and proper person to handle surveillance project in littoral states of Ondo, Ogun and Lagos because of his antecedent in security network.