CREEK MEN DEMAND STAKEHOLDER INCLUSION PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE CONTRACT
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- The award of a pipeline surveillance contract to Government Ekpemupolo, popularly called Tompolo has received applause by many in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta. But while others in the region are skeptical about the timing of what looks like a last ditch attempt by the Federal Government to halt the erosion of the nation's wealth, a group in the winding creeks of the mangrove forests of the Delta is calling for the inclusion of other stakeholders.
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Award Winning Journalism.... Obieteme George deserves an award.... if you support hit like... lets push for this award to this Great Jounalist
Shima dan biyafara ai😏😏😏
True professionals, I was frightened for their safety but did a good job of letting us hear from the creek men. Thank you arise crew.
These guys know what they are saying o. I enjoyed listening to all of them speak, especially the last man. Brilliant journalism.
The last guy is surely eloquent and brilliant. He was only disguising with his ascent and the pidgin.
It pays to be violent in Nigeria . If you’re not made a Chief, you will be rewarded with a juicy contract. What a nation .
Yoruba people will say "Alagbara lo njeun ita" it is the powerful one who eat in the street
sad
They even made one q king in Rivers State
This "divide, rule and conquer principle" is the greatest factor militating against Nigerian development. NOW INSTEAD OF JOINING FORCES TO FIGHT OUR COMMON ENEMIES AND RECLAIM OUR GOD GIVEN RESOURCES, WE ARE FIGHTING OURSELVES FOR CRUMBS & PEANUTS FROM THE " SLAVE MASTERS'" TABLE. SO SAD!
Is called spritual blindness and a curse.
If you know a thing about the creeks, you'd know how risky this venture is. Welldone Arise TV!
Thank for that
Dear God I don’t ask for much
Just bless the person that’s reading this comment 👏❤️❤️
I am proud of Arise news, they practice real journalism even when it involves rising their lives! Those men looked really scary!
There is no risking of lives. They pay to be with these people.
Still they risked their lives, what if something went wrong?
@@rinato7757 can’t you see the fear in the interviewer !!! So someone will pay money and they’ll point gun at him!!! Well maybe it’s you and your family members they sent to deliver the money being paid to them
Imagine fighting over who would be protecting the pipelines for their Oppressors ! Is that not a shame ?
That man needs a raise 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Correct journalism!
Imagine if there was no oil in this place, it would have been a tourist attraction. See how green and beautiful the so called niger delta is. This is what most of us travel outside Nigeria to see.
The biggest sin in the world is bad leadership and colonization.
There’s an article somewhere on the internet focusing on Venezuela as why oil has brought more harm than good to a lot of emerging economies.
Tourism is one of them. You get lazy depend on oil and greed around it and forget the develop the other industries for fx.
That’s the only difference between the uae and nigeria
I agree with you absolutely
I agree with you absolutely
I like your comment ❤
Thanks my dear!
Whenever I look at the mangrove vegetation of the creek, the pollution and what could have become, I weep!!!! The greatest resource in those riverine areas is TOURISM!!!!
And tourism would have negative effects on the health of the people, while bringing in so much money.
These are good conversations that constantly need to be had. Every region/community need to be carried along equally and involved in planning and decision making.
Leaving out affected communities is only asking for trouble.
1aq
Como viven en la gente en ese pais tan violento
@@cuevadcuevad3313 ohd
You want people to carry you along in deciding about your own assets ?
These man have a clear point and they're so smart. I support them.
#CreekMenDeserve
#NigerDeltaDeserves
#Peace
Asari will be happy about this development
I give it to Arise what a wonderful Job i cant go to that place if you give me ten million i swear i respect this man.
So far the best journalism regarding this pipeline contract saga. Do well to always give us in-depth reporting on other issues like this. Kudos 🙏🏽
This was exactly what I said when they announced the contract to Tompolo. Others will spring up
Just like the one they gave the Sheiik in Adamawa.
Yes the one in nasarawa
Jeez... I can feel the fear in his voice.
This is journalism, you risked your life man may God bless.
Am proud of the way the militant behaved. Let everyone eat. So that we can sleep peacefully. Everything has an end. Please consider your brothers
Niger Delta boys have been so cool for a while now amidst their grievances. I think Tompolo needs to have a conversation with these men since he was the one awarded with the contract.
I pray for lasting peace within the region. Amen!
This reporter is blessed with supreme confidence and balls of steel to go in the lion's den like that. Those gunmen are high, drunk, trigger-happy, and utterly unpredictable.
Does the reporter looks like a stranger to you in that Creek, he must be son of the soil.
Kudos. Mr George,you are a real world class journalist..you have the heart of a Lion
This video is one of the arguments in favour of regional/local resource control. Let the natives control their resources and this warlord/we-want-our-piece-of-the-cake mentality would wither. If properly managed, the long term result would be fewer conflicts, more productivity, prosperity, and a wider distribution of wealth.
However, the need for the FG to legitimize its resource exploitation powers would keep creating a warlord after another. Tompolo has terrorised them into a form of rent payment. Another gutsy fellow will try his luck. Then, another.
This is why Nigeria will disintegrate unless the current political/administrative structure is adjusted to fit with our realities.
Thank you sir.
All correct sir!👍
I agree. But this are actually brothers . The same region the same ijaws and less than 60 miles from each . How much can u break a country into pieces ? If u give it to the vilage different street might ask for thier own resources country. Maybe nigerians are just greedy . The country’s is so bad that u have to award contract to a criminal to protect . Tufiakwa
@@ikecosmas8398 You're not wrong. The so-called Creek Men are related to Tompolo. Their grouse isn't with Tompolo but the FG as represented by Timipre Sylva. It is the FG's choice to award someone they apparently see as the MVP among militants a rentier contact that transcends his hometown that is being contested. And that was my point: FG's CHOICE of a native former tormentor REPRESENTS a desire to legitimize its already legal resource exploitation powers in the region.
If resource control had been localized, the solution would have catered to local sentiments, and would thus be naturally considered legitimate and therefore acceptable by the locals. That, of course, on the condition that it is "properly managed".
Would Tompolo have been considered if resource exploitation had been a local enterprise? Probably not; either there would never have been a popular Tompolo or he'd be in jail for his troubles. But because of the current illegitimate lopsided structure, Tompolos are being placated, and that creates new ones.
Question is: how many contracts shall we give the Tompolos of the future? So my view is that, although our people (Nigerians) can be extremely tribal to their own harm sometimes, the current structure only ensures that those sentiments deepen and our beleaguered government continues to seek legitimacy by "begging the owners" of resources through the appeasement of local strongmen.
In the end, a kobo of the 4Bn contract would not get to the Ijaw person on the street, but our untidy FG would assume it has done something for the "people of Niger-Delta". This really is my point.
Thanks once again.
Thank you sir. You are a man who knows exactly what will eventually happen.
Asari has unleashed his boys
These guys speak so well. They are educated.
Ovieteme George (formally of TVC I guess), you're really a great man. You have been doing such life threatening journalism for years now. I salute your courage sir!
Sultan of Sokoto controls 23 oil wells in Ijawland and indigens are given pipe line security jobs what an injustice and insults
What a fcuked up country.
If so , then what they're doing is right.
You are a liar. Go and check the list of number of oil wells in Nigeria, the company that owns them and the people behind those companies. Why are you Nigerians such confusionists, seriously why?
HE is lieing its own by shell
Even tinubu have 17 oil wells
im from the Northern Nigeria and im very happy to see these men standing between the corrupted government and the Oil in Nigeria,... imagine only the accountant general of Nigeria stole 109 billion Niara, but the government always want to play innocent, let this people benefit from the oil first.
GOD bless you.
hmmmmmm am speechless.. the level of greed in our leaders will not kill us all
From the sound of his voice, I can sense that the journalist is scared. Not an easy job.
First time in Nigeria I saw A Nigeria news reporter on the war front reporting an event.
one of the bravest man on earth😥🙏
If you want to listen to the news in Africa mostly Nigeria is ARISE NEWS the best ever
Thank you Arise TV. You are showing us the confusion in the current government. I can't see any reason why Gold mining is taking place in Zamfara yet the Crude in Delta is a main source of Nigeria's main stay. Double standards.
This gives upheavals to these fights. Calling one man and making billions to him this will give a new turbulence in among these groups.
Very sorry ppl who are supposed to fight for total control 🤣 here fighting for peanut.
@@abikelegbaaworoke4581 honestly my brother
From inception the neglect of these regions brought about the pent up aggression,if from inception government had taken into consideration their well being ,all this would not happen.Lastly the local authorities, successive governor's were also part of the problem
Begging for crumbs from the food that was cooked in your mother's kitchen using food that was harvested from you father's farm. SMH!
Arise I bow for wuna. You are doing well
I think the Federal Government needed to be told that a Fulani man cannot continue to own oil wells in Kalabari while ijaw man remains a security guard to protect the pipeline.
You are making a good point
Thanks for that
No fulani man is holding any pipeline. Is a business, you buy a business you own a business that’s it!!!
@@mahmudisiakazurmi5808 it may seem that way to you. But it's more personal to these people
I wish to say this Journalist has done well. I wish to appeal to my Nigerian leaders to understand that Youths be them informed or not, educated or not are conscious so we should learn as Leaders to address issues diligently. Security should be in the hands of the Governments(Federal, State) and not individuals
Your government is messing up with the security by giving guns to book haram and herdsmen. Have u you not heard that or see it, just because you see it from different people and now it's a problem. I think is better every nigeria get armed.
You are not fighting for oil, it's pipe you are fighting for. You and your people are men indeed. It never occurred or entered your mind that, that very enveroment you are would have by now more developed, more beautiful than Dubai? I thought you are wiser.
Clap for the leaders of tomorrow, mad boys limited to pipeline
This journalist profession is risky indeed.
Arise News dey try honestly.
@@ojolof only when it favours them.
If NOT what's stopping them from doing documentary about the Nigeria military invasion of South East.
The journalist is from bayesa in Niger delta.
@@chasosi8836 thank you jare, it's obvious he's strategically advocating for his people through this medium.
Nice try
@@chasosi8836 you are good jare just for spoting that out, I will give you a raise.
Men, the journalist voice dey shake sha! Abeg I no blame am. Thank God for "civilised" militancy! Unlike what we find in the.....,....
Great journalism, a good journalist is audacious and adventurous. The Nigerian economy is bleeding already, the Federal government should dialogue with them and resolve the issue immediately
no way, let them start fighting their brother Tompolo, limited youths
Come together leader of Africa do the best for all African God bless Africa
I'm Kalabari Ijaw. The problem is when our noble men (e.g., Ken Saro Wiwa) efforted to engage the government and policy holders writ large, they disregarded them and in fact executed them. But then our street boys picked up guns. Obviously local lawyers, engineers, civil servants can't control these elements because they don't do guns. And the reality is these boys are indeed standing up for the rights of the community and thankfully their crime has been limited mainly to infrastructure sabotage rather than violent murder. In addition to the degradation and neglect by the government and multinationals, the further problem for everybody, of course, is that this creek activity floods the community with weapons and and empowers the street boys into wealthy and powerful men who are not actually for any type of governance.
I heard you say" This boys are standing up for the rights of the community" Do you mean that the rights of your community as an ijew man is to protect oil pipe line?
@@austinchukwu2024 put ur self in there shoes, if it where ur village, with all the destruction caused by the oil activities, would u be asking this question?
@@austinchukwu2024 to answer your question, they are indirectly asking for jobs, not necessarily Pipeline protection. They have youths and graduates that are capable of working in those oil companies that are destroying their communities but they are being completely ignored.
@@austinchukwu2024 The oil and gas activities going on in this country are destroying the livelihood of people in the communities where those operations take place. My guess is u have not lived in any oil producing community so u wouldn't understand the degree of damages that are done to those places. People are suffering and dying of air and water pollutions, local businesses are being destroyed. The least the government could do is to compensate those communities, they have youths and graduates that are capable of working in those companies, yet they ignore them completely and use the money generated from those communities to develop Abuja and other parts of the country but not where the oil is produced. Have u ever been to any of those communities before? The air alone would chase u out. And u think they don't have the right to fight? U of all people should know how corrupt our leaders are and how not developed our country is and u should not be asking this type of question.
Austin Chukwu is simply saying that the people deserves so much more!!!!
Thumbs up Arise News
Dis is great and brave journalism
I agree with the creek men. Shit happens everyday. Let justice be granted into them
I just hope this issue is handled properly
This APC just want to scatter Nigeria.
Their intention is to create enemies between rivers and bayelsa
@@ezinwaemenike5260 You are right oooooo.... So that they can be fighting themselves. Meanwhile late Yar Adua did all to bring peace. APC is a demonic party and it so clear. Immediately Buhari won in 2015, Nigeria has not remained the same. Hunger started. We must kick APC out come 2023. They don't represent the good interest of a large Nigerians.
I'm ashamed of these people. Why can't they take control of their resources instead of guarding it for just few politicans in Ajuba😱🥺
These guys are not serious enough about their lives and their families as well as their next generations following. They should have known by now that they needs more than being a pipeline guidance while those using them becomes more richer and richer sending their children abroad to study and have the best education, best medical care and good life. But them, refused to understand that this resources are from their communities and they deserve the best life ever, but chosen to become a slave instead of a king. What a shame. Support Biafra freedom, support Referendum and be free from politicians who uses your God's blessed resources to oppressed you and dehumanised you and your family. Support Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because he mean well for all of us, he has the love of Biafrans interest at heart. Let us support him and be free from neo colonialism and political oppression from this evil politicians and fulani terrorists from the northern Nigeria. Long live MNK, long live ESN, long live Biafrans all over the world and long live great old Eastern region worldwide. We are one nation Biafra Republic. Stop betraying one another just because of political propagandas and embrace your brothers ideas on freedom. May God Almighty bless you all. I come in peace.
Those you called pipeline guard are Richer than you. You are looking at the nature of the job that is where your Sense graduate you to be. If you know how much each received you will apply to be a pipeline guard. We are Niger deltans. Focus on your problem and stop thinking they are suffering. You have no idea about the issue on ground
Biafra is a dead and buried agenda.Wake up its 2022
Things are happening in this country. This is a normal policy strategy federal government should abide with. People of the involved community needs to be carried along after initiation of project before commencement. Normal steps aids easier execution
Your so called president don't even know dere
@@okonkwojoseph9521 He isnt suppose to know the place.. that is why he appoints people who does.. from the video you will see that the greviances are to Timpre for awarding the contract to someone outside their kingdom not necessarily because contracts are not awarded
Blessings of God make rich and added no sorrow, did it includes oils from Niger Delta?
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This was a similar to what BIAFRANS are fighting for, treat every region equal you said know, and you claim that we are one, that was the reason BIAFRA now spring up and begin to fight for separation from Nigeria, i really like the way they speak, and kudos to arise journalists
This how you need to have native journalist in every troubled part of Nigeria to get on ground perspectives
Thank you George for taking the risk
Colonial masters own come, multinationals own too come ,na my own ijaw man u won use enslave me...these men know history
Hausa youths can not fight their brothers but Niger Delta youths does, what a shame
Why are you making decisions for people without involving them?
What a report. Kudos Arise News. Let thee government come clean and stop causing problems in Nigeria. We have had enough insecurity in Nigeria. I dare say that Nigeria will crumble if this imminent trouble is not nipped in the bud.
Those men interviewed have a valid point. Get everyone involved and not just one person.
The journalist did a courageous job..i love the openess of the creek men i do hope they journalist is safe outside there so the openent dont go after him for showing the world the hiding secrete n grieve that may bring up war if not carefully handled
Yes na my own Blood how will they be Happy Birthday chiesiya
Great job AriseTv.
Civilians shouldn’t have these arms but their argument is legit.
The Government should please look into this lest it escalates
Tell that to IPoB members
The are actually say, we must be included in the security of the pipe lines , let's benefits from these contract because we know the terrain of this area. Then there will be peace, and justice will be served....
The journalist done a great job
Wow I loved my people
Proudly Bayelsa girl
Kudos to my people
Ovieteme George you are a legend!
Nigeria is a scary country
Biafraland republic independence immediately fool's
NO i hate ibos and biafra more than satan . We want ogoni nation ,ijaw nation ,bonny nation ,rivers nation ,delta nation ,cross river nation
I love this guys please do your work well guys
Some senseless agitations what did they do or say when others where doing it before the award of contract to Tompolo...these are some selfish men that destroyed d amnesty program and used the moneys for themselves and their prostitutes....people should learn to respect and honour Tompolo many of them are driving cars and have houses of their own simply because of him. The amnesty came because of Tompolo and many of them used it to enrich themselves. And now they have started springing out again to benefitfrom what he worked for earn, if I may ask where were they before they awarded him the contract? And where were they when the federal government was after his life?.Most of them of were with the govt on that hunt for his life but they failed....abeg they should allow the Man to enjoy from his efforts.
We need to come together for a Niger Delta Republic I guess it doesn't concern them on how to make dat happen when it's a bout pipeline contract dem don come out from their hiding....if were in our Country no body needs a surveillance contract to guide pipelines...no,not at all.
You almost lost me with the direction of your first 2 paragraphs but you redeemed yourself in the last one 🙂.
They are begging for crumbs from the food that was cooked in their mother's kitchen using food that was harvested from their father's farm. SMH!
God bless you all ,from Scotland ✊️
Serious power play going on...equity is needed for peace to reign and to achieve the objective of ending oil theft in the region.
Fighting for their pockets alone
I commend the effort of this guys, Nigeria Government are not ready to do the right thing
kudos to the brave journalist. 🔥🔥🔥
Bros you and the people wey organized this program god bless
Peter obi is the answer to all this problems, vote wisely
Honestly this community need to be included. This guys are fighting a good fight you can made them slave in their only land.
U guys are doing well I love this
Great reportage mr George 🎉
the guy just lugging what appears to be a 50 cal machine gun with a shoulder stock is literally the heavy from tf2
Issues!!! The country don finish.
Thank you George for taking the risk ! You always take risk
Good 💯👍
I love this creek men
Good Job Arise News!
These ones are never about the development of the region. All they care about is money for selfish reasons. When they get paid, the region still remains underdeveloped
Nigeria is a very interesting country. See how heavily armed these men are. Boko Haram and Fulani bandits are even more armed than these. However, its Nnamdi Kanu & his group that are unarmed or poorly armed at best that Nigerian government considers as a major threat to the Nigerian state.
Kudos to you bro @arise💪💥
The days of the bad leaders are numbered in this country!!
Marginalizing has became order of the day,,
#Youthshavearise
#Civilianhavearis
#$camleadership
Hand work of Asari a very greedy man. Because it was not given to him, he will instigate these men to rise and fight. Abeg make una carry una matter comot
Instead to fight for freedom
Imo state youths should come out too.Make the contract reach everybody
Peace is essential
With what am seeing here, this country is gone , just imagine the type weapons in there hands
Good journalism
Nigeria is a gift that keeps on gifting.
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Now i understand why dokubo demonstrated with his men earlier this month, at the end of the day it's about money and who gets what. Nothing is said about the poor masses. Obi please do quick and come revamp Nigeria, we tired.
You think the Obi will not do same to pacify this set of people by awarding them such contract to secure the pipes then you will be joking. If Obi wins he will surprised most of you guys because una know nothing.
We need biafraland republic independence immediately fool's
@@ogagaidisi1845 Obi will do things very differently, we have been doing this for 60 years. Only a mad man does the same thing and expect a different result.
Even if 100 Obi come,Nigeria will still not b OK,the only way out of this mess is for every region to go and govern themselves, split the country into 3 or 4 part,every region go and create your own constitution and develop at your own pace, then pay tax to federal,anything short of that would amount to zero over minus zero
SHut up it is ijaw and ogoni nation . We are not ibos we are ijaws , we dint want biafra nonsense we want ijaw nation
Yes creekmen the last senior man that talk him mind with Pidgin English sir I duff my bonnet before you comrade, His Majesty Chief Ateke Tome must be consulted and place in the high ranking of the Nigerian oil pipeline surveillance system he is our hero those he sacrifice everything for the peace of Niger Delta , omega General papa must be consulted frequently for the sake of peace my majesty Chief Ateke Tom sir I throw my maximum, I duff my bonnet before you sir .
Dr. Solomon , Osama Bin laden must be consulted too , Chief Dr. Solomon of Okerika sir I salute you for the good job you did for the people of Niger Delta.
Creekmen Comrades from Rivers and Bayelsa state men hail men ....Togetherness. we will win . But majhed Ansari Dokubo is a green land Betrayer , way men go reason finished mention him name.
Which kind manipulation Ansari Dokubo I fit respect you in Rivers state those your few squad no suppose to near where Niger Delta Amoral dey .
His Royal Majesty's Chief Ateke Tom allowed me to live in your kingdom forever my Daddy maximum.
Every body who voted Buhari for seat have the blame of what is happening in Nigeria 🇳🇬, this government does not look for problems to solve, but problems to create, the answer is the disintegration of Nigeria.
HOw.they are complaining about a fellow ijaw man so diintegration does nothing
That is our problem u can never see hause youth fighing against themselves . This people are just breching the amnesty contract . Tompolo has done alot to secure peace , when they gave them money they used it to buy gun,prostitues and drugs . Now that the money has finished they are now xausing problems
Hoo raa to these juys Africa don't need the world da world need africa❤