Sack Chief Of Naval Staff: Arewa People's Assembly tells Tinubu

 By Freshangle 

The Arewa Peoples' Assembly has written an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to remove Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla as Chief of Naval Staff due to allegations of oil theft and economic sabotage.

The Nigerian Navy has been accused of colluding with criminals to steal crude oil in the Niger Delta, hindering the country's economic growth.

Admiral Ogalla, appointed by President Tinubu in June 2023, has been criticized for failing to address the Navy's involvement in oil theft.

 In the letter to the President signed by Alhaji Auta Balarabe (Coordinator) and Mallam Basir Gowon (Director of Orientation and Mobilisation), the Arewa Peoples' Assembly claimed that under the leadership of Admiral Ogalla, the Navy has compromised its constitutional mandate to protect the nation's maritime domain.

According to the group, Navy's involvement in oil theft undermines its ability to safeguard Nigeria's maritime environment.

The Arewa Peoples' Assembly therefore demanded the immediate sacking of Admiral Ogalla citing his failure to address the Navy's involvement in oil theft and they advocated for a change in leadership and a thorough overhaul of the Navy's structure to ensure accountability and reforms.

They wrote; "We, the Arewa Peoples' Assembly, at a special session of its council held on the 20th November 2024 and given your bold commitment to reverse the down turns confronting the nations economy through your well-intended reforms write from Kaduna, to bring to your attention the unparalleled and unpardonable acts of criminal sabotage foisted by men of the Nigerian Navy who brazenly collude with criminals to steal crude oil in the Niger Delta".

They said that despite celebrating the milestone of the nascent 1.8 million barrels per day (mbpd), Nigeria's oil production would have toppled the projected 2mbpd target if the Nigerian Navy had complemented the efforts of the adhoc private security organisation saddled to monitor and protect the nation's pipelines infrastructures. 

"Recently, the media was awash with statements credited to Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka, Tompolo, Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a private security firm involved in oil pipelines surveillance and protection, of the subterranean and complicitous activities of the Nigerian Navy's involvement in crude oil theft and acts of maritime terrorism and national economic sabotage,' they wrote.

The group added that; "We are further inclined to believe Chief Ekpemupolo because we have become aware of his sense of patriotism deployed in comprehensive security, reporting and management platforms, workspace and extended cloud environment to follow up on this nefarious activities of the Nigerian Navy".

Source: Fresh Angle 

My Take 

This is deep-rooted hatred of Ndi Igbo by this group of irritating and irresponsible ethnic champions. Just imagine how mischievous these people can be. How can President Tinubu sack a service Chief because of unproven allegations by a gunman? I didn't see any open letter against the former Chief of Army Staff, Brutai when it was seriously alleged that he diverted funds meant for the war against terrorism and insurgency in Nigeria. These people truly don't want this country to make progress.