The President should conduct a proper review of the $1.3 billion Crude Oil Pipeline Surveillance contract awarded to three individuals all from Delta State in accordance with the national and economic security interest of the country and decentralize the contract to include other ex-militant leaders from the different states in the region in order to effectively reduce the menace of crude oil theft and boost oil production.
Some ex-militant leaders from the Niger Delta region have declared their readiness to confront a former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, over his alleged monopoly of a multi-million-dollar surveillance contract from the Nigerian Government. According to the aggrieved ex-militant leaders, the multi-million-dollar pipeline surveillance contract must be reviewed by the government to limit the scope of operations of Tompolo and the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III to only their state of origin – Delta.