Tinubu Is Merely Dangling Ostrich Security Policies—Traditional Ruler

<h4>Tinubu Is Merely Dangling Ostrich Security Policies<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a highly placed traditional ruler&comma; His Royal Majesty Bubapraye Dakolo &comma; the Chairman of Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council&comma; has accused the Commander- in-Chief&comma; Armed Forces of the federal republic of Nigeria&comma; Bola Ahmed Tinubu of merely dandling ostrich security policies to address the mountainous security challenges bedevilling the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The traditional ruler&comma; during an interactive session on Arise TV Wednesday morning&comma; monitored by OpenLife&comma; stated that the President is obviously ignoring obvious security matters and pretending to have hit the ground running to ensure safety of life and property&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In an obvious reference to the menace of oil theft in the Niger Delta region in which&comma; about 48 hours ago&comma; security operatives and Nigerian National Petroleum Company had set ablaze a vessel&comma; MT TURA II&comma; laden with 150&comma;000 litres of stolen crude oil in Delta State&comma; King Bubapraye Dakolo said the efforts are the equivalent of scratching the surface of insecurity without addressing the core issues&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;King Dakolo faulted Tinubu’s current approach to fighting oil theft&comma; noting that the entire gamut of security architecture under the Commander-in-Chief&comma; needs to focus on the real issues of tackling oil theft rather than playing ostrich&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I do not subscribe to jungle justice by the Authority&period; What needs to be done is to invest in the Nigerian Navy to be more professional in its responsibility&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If the Nigeria state is serious about dealing with oil thefts&comma; it will end in Two weeks&period; The Nigerian state is just playing ostrich on the matter&period; Whatever outcome we are getting from the fight against oil theft is what the Nigerian state wants&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If the President wants oil theft stopped&comma; it will stop&period; When that desire comes&comma; the menace will stop&period;” Let the president be firm about the oil theft fight”&comma; the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council Chairman&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Beside equipping the Nigerian Navy for optimal performance&comma; the Bayelsa King stated further that fixing the insecurity menace in the country &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Is not a rocket science&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nigeria has some of the best people in the world&period; When you go to the most complicated places in America and United Kingdom&comma; you would meet a black person and that black person would be a Nigerian&period; I know people who can perform very well and turn things around&period; If I am consulted&comma; I will offer advice&comma;” King Dakolo stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dailypost&period;ng&sol;">It would be recalled that the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative&comma; NEITI&comma; has revealed that Nigeria lost 619&period;7 million barrels of crude oil valued at N16&period; 25 trillion &lpar;&dollar;46&period;16 billion&rpar; to crude oil theft<&sol;a> between 2009 and 2020 in one of its reports&comma; translating to about N25 trillion lost in crude oil theft in 12 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;21375" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-21375" style&equals;"width&colon; 221px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-21375" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;07&sol;King-Bubapraye-Dakolo&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tinubu Is Merely Dangling Ostrich Security Policies---Traditional Ruler" width&equals;"221" height&equals;"168" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-21375" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>King Bubapraye Dakolo<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;