Indigenes of Ogidigben, one of the major communities that made up Ugborodo in the Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, have cried out over alleged protection extended to an unrepentant oil thief kingpin by security agencies in their community.

They called on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Taoreed Lagbaja and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to call the various security agencies operating in Ugborodo and its environs to order if truly the government was sincere to succeed in the ongoing war against crude oil theft.

A community youth leader (who pleaded anonymity) in an interview yesterday, disclosed that the people are no longer comfortable with the role currently being played by security agencies who now shield criminals for pecuniary gains in their communities.

He noted that indigenes of the various communities under the Federated Ugborodo, comprising; Ode-Ugborodo, Ogidigben, Ajudaibo, Madangho, Ijaghala, now live in fear of oppression on a daily basis as security agents harass, intimidates and man handles anyone opposed to the criminal activities of the kingpin in the area.

According to him; “We, the indigenes of Ugborodo in Warri South West Council area of Delta state, wishes to draw the attention of the public to certain development that tends to jeopardize the federal government efforts on the ongoing war against crude oil theft in the country, especially in the Niger Delta region”(Courtesy, excluding headline, Daily Sun)