Nigeria Union of Journalists has conferred its Internal Security Meritorious Award on the Chairman of Tantita Security Services, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo.
National President of NUJ, Chris Isiguzo, said the award was in recognition of the sterling contribution of Tompolo and his firm, TSSL, to the critical campaign against crude oil theft in the country.
Isiguzo led the national leadership of the NUJ to confer the award on Tompolo in Oporoza, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State on Saturday.
He stressedthat the country would have been in some trouble without the patriotic efforts of Tompolo.
Isiguzo said it was the first time the NUJ in its history would be conveying the Internal Security Meritorious Award of the union on anybody.
The NUJ leader explained that the award was the only one approved during its National Security Conference in Abuja and it was given to Tompolo.
He said: “Somebody has risen to the occasion and gathered an array of young men, who have taken it upon themselves to help this country continue to survive as a peaceful nation, united and continue to fend for its people.
“And that is the man that has, to a very large extent, substantially, helped us address the issue of crude oil theft.
“That is one thing that has occupied our national life over time. By his commitment, dedication and diligence, Nigeria, as a country, has to a very large extent, reduced the activities of men of the underworld who have consistently engaged in pilfering, taking our common patrimony for their personal gains,” he said, while justifying the award.
In his reaction, Tantita Security Services Limited restated his promise to end criminal theft of the nation’s crude in the Niger Delta region.
