The growing confidence in the operations of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited continued to gain momentum on Monday as Niger Delta youths and stakeholders strongly defended the company’s surveillance operations, describing its performance as a major turning point in the restoration of peace, stability, and confidence across Nigeria’s oil-producing region.
The strong endorsement came during the Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Forum for Peace and Development (NDENYLFPD) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where youth leaders from across the region celebrated what they described as Tantita’s exceptional achievements in protecting critical oil infrastructure and suppressing crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering, and economic sabotage.
Participants at the gathering maintained that the renewed stability being witnessed across many oil-producing communities is the direct result of effective indigenous surveillance architecture anchored on local intelligence, community participation, and strategic operational coordination.
According to speakers at the forum, Tantita Security Services has demonstrated uncommon operational capacity in securing difficult terrains and waterways once notorious for criminal activities that crippled economic activities and threatened national revenue generation.
They argued that the company’s success has helped restore confidence not only among host communities but also within Nigeria’s broader petroleum sector, where improved surveillance around oil facilities has contributed significantly to increased protection of national assets and greater stability in oil exploration activities.
The forum projected Tantita as a symbol of indigenous competence and strategic security innovation, noting that the company’s community-based operational model has created stronger cooperation between local populations and surveillance personnel while promoting peace across the creeks.
Youth leaders observed that before the strengthening of indigenous surveillance structures, the Niger Delta suffered years of insecurity, environmental degradation, violence, economic sabotage, and underdevelopment caused largely by unchecked oil theft and criminal activities around petroleum infrastructure.
However, they stressed that the region is gradually moving away from that painful history due to coordinated efforts aimed at protecting critical national assets and sustaining peace within host communities.
It was against this backdrop that participants issued a strong warning against attempts by individuals or groups to pressure the Federal Government into reviewing or destabilizing existing surveillance arrangements involving Tantita Security Services.
According to the youths, calls for unnecessary reviews of the surveillance contracts are largely driven by jealousy, envy, and selfish interests rather than genuine concern for the Niger Delta or national development.
They argued that those attacking or attempting to weaken the company’s operations are effectively working against the peace and stability gradually returning to the region.
Several speakers described such individuals as economic saboteurs who mean no good for the Niger Delta, insisting that the region cannot afford to return to the dark era of violence, insecurity, vandalism, and stagnation that once defined many oil-producing communities.
Participants maintained that the Federal Government must resist every form of pressure capable of undermining structures already delivering measurable results in protecting Nigeria’s economic assets.
According to them, dismantling or politicizing a surveillance system that has helped stabilize the region would amount to sabotaging ongoing efforts aimed at sustaining peace and economic recovery within the Niger Delta.
The forum emphasized that the people of the region are no longer interested in the old cycle of conflict, destruction, and underdevelopment that previously denied communities meaningful progress and painted the Niger Delta negatively before the international community.
Instead, participants insisted that the current atmosphere of improved security and cooperation must be protected and strengthened through continued support for credible indigenous surveillance initiatives like Tantita Security Services.
Speakers further noted that the company’s operational model has proven that sustainable security in the Niger Delta can only thrive when local communities are actively involved in safeguarding assets located within their environment.
They argued that indigenous participation remains the most effective strategy because local operators possess deeper understanding of the terrain, waterways, and security realities of the region.
The strong position taken at the Port Harcourt forum later resonated in Abuja, where supporters and stakeholders rallied in solidarity with Tantita Security Services and applauded the company’s growing role in protecting Nigeria’s oil economy.
Across both gatherings, the message remained unmistakably clear: that Tantita Security Services has become a critical stabilizing force in the Niger Delta and a major pillar in the ongoing effort to secure Nigeria’s economic backbone.
For many supporters, the company now represents far more than a surveillance outfit. It symbolizes resilience, indigenous capacity, regional inclusion, and a determined commitment to preserving peace and stability within the oil-producing region.
As confidence in the company continues to deepen across ethnic nationalities and host communities, stakeholders insisted that the gains already achieved in restoring order, rebuilding trust, and protecting national assets must not be sacrificed on the altar of politics, envy, or selfish interests.
