A Rights Activist in Delta State, Preye Tambou, has warned that fragmenting pipeline surveillance jobs among communities could cause the proliferation of light weapons and also threaten national security.
The Activist gave the warning in a statement on Sunday, noting that securing the nation’s oil facilities along the waterways should be awarded on grounds of merit and competence to capable security outfits.
He warned that the idea of “community guarding pipelines” is a security nightmare, that may sound attractive until it backfires.
“Who coordinates intelligence across the States? Who resolves inter-community disputes? Who is accountable when sabotage occurs? Who prevents pipelines from becoming bargaining chips?”
He warned that pipeline vandalism is an organized crime, not petty theft, warning that fragmenting surveillance would militarize communities.
“Fragmenting surveillance into hundreds of community fiefdoms would militarize communities, encourage extortion, create parallel armed structures, and collapse national energy security. No serious country operates this way; security is centralized for a reason.”
Eze Chidiebere Paul
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