Security expert, Dr Jackson Ojo has called on President Bola Tinubu to probe the top echelon of the military over their alleged involvement in oil theft in the Niger Delta.
Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Dr Ojo said it is disturbing that the federal government has not done anything about the outcry of two Niger Delta activists, Asari Dokubo and General Tompolo that military officers, especially the navy, are involved in the stealing of oil.
According to him, “Tompolo said naval officers are sabotaging his efforts and that they are looking for ways to eliminate him because he is standing like a threat to oil thieves.
“He said there was a time he arrested some people but the navy were shooting against his men.
“Alhaji Dokubo made the same allegation that the military are the super oil thieves and that those that are supposed to protect our oil are the ones behind its theft.
“I had expected them to come to the public to refute this allegation. This is very sad and we have the National Security Adviser, Minister of Defense, director-general of the Department of State Service. Yet nothing has been done”.
He attributed the myriad of problems confronting the nation to the calibre of people managing its resources.
He added that Nigerians expect the federal government to privatise security of oil pipelines and oil wealth.
The expert stressed that it is a huge indictment for any private security to say the military is involved in sabotaging the oil industry in the country.
