The Civil Society Coalition for Mandate Protection has asked the federal government to stop awarding oil pipeline protection contracts in the Niger Delta region to “militants”.
In a statement signed by Micheal Ajayi, deputy coordinator of the coalition, the groups said “indigenous peoples from the oil-producing communities feel sidelined by this arrangement and are opposed to the idea of giving pipeline protection contracts to armed groups”. “The indigenous communities like Itsekiri and Ilaje are being sidelined. There is a looming dispute which can snowball into a major problem.
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