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 activities, describing its performance as a major turning point in restoring peace, stability, and confidence across Nigeria’s oil-producing region.
The endorsement came during a meeting of the Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Forum for Peace and Development in Port Harcourt, where youth leaders from across the region praised what they described as Tantita’s outstanding achievements in protecting critical oil infrastructure and combating crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering, and economic sabotage.
Participants at the forum said the renewed stability now being experienced in many oil-producing communities is largely the result of an effective indigenous surveillance structure driven by local intelligence, community participation, and strategic operational coordination.
According to speakers at the gathering, Tantita Security Services has shown remarkable operational capacity in securing difficult terrains and waterways once dominated by criminal activities that disrupted economic operations and threatened national revenue generation.
They argued that the company’s success has helped rebuild confidence among host communities and within Nigeria’s petroleum sector, where improved surveillance around oil facilities has contributed to stronger protection of national assets and greater stability in oil exploration activities.
The forum described Tantita as a symbol of indigenous competence and strategic security innovation, noting that the company’s community-based operational model has strengthened cooperation between local residents and surveillance personnel while promoting peace across the creeks.
Youth leaders observed that before the expansion of indigenous surveillance structures, the Niger Delta experienced years of insecurity, environmental degradation, violence, economic sabotage, and underdevelopment fueled largely by unchecked oil theft and criminal activities around petroleum infrastructure.
However, they stressed that the region is gradually moving away from that difficult past due to coordinated efforts aimed at protecting critical national assets and sustaining peace within host communities.
Against this backdrop, participants warned 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 being 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 indirectly working against the peace and stability gradually returning to the region.
Several speakers described such individuals as economic saboteurs who do not have the interests of the Niger Delta at heart, insisting that the region cannot afford to return to the era of violence, insecurity, vandalism, and stagnation that once affected many oil-producing communities.
Participants maintained that the Federal Government must resist every form of pressure capable of undermining structures already producing 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 in the Niger Delta.
The forum emphasized that people of the region are no longer interested in the old cycle of conflict, destruction, and underdevelopment that previously denied communities meaningful progress and projected a negative image of the Niger Delta internationally.
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 demonstrated that sustainable security in the Niger Delta can only succeed when local communities are actively involved in safeguarding assets within their environment.
They argued that indigenous participation remains the most effective strategy because local operators possess a deeper understanding of the terrain, waterways, and security realities of the region.
The position taken at the Port Harcourt forum later echoed in Abuja, where supporters and stakeholders also 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 clear: Tantita Security Services has emerged as a critical stabilizing force in the Niger Delta and a key pillar in ongoing efforts to secure Nigeria’s economic backbone.
For many supporters, the company now represents more than a surveillance outfit. It symbolizes resilience, indigenous capacity, regional inclusion, and a strong commitment to preserving peace and stability within the oil-producing region.
As confidence in the company continues to grow 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.
