{"id":5095,"date":"2025-12-03T09:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/oil-thieves-in-ondo-behind-arson-allegations-against-asonja-says-tantita-describes-allegations-as-false-fabricated-malicious\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:20:03","slug":"oil-thieves-in-ondo-behind-arson-allegations-against-asonja-says-tantita-describes-allegations-as-false-fabricated-malicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/oil-thieves-in-ondo-behind-arson-allegations-against-asonja-says-tantita-describes-allegations-as-false-fabricated-malicious\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOil Thieves In Ondo Behind Arson Allegations Against Asonja\u201d Says Tantita, Describes Allegations As False, Fabricated, Malicious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Ebiowei Gabriel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tantita Security Services has dismissed as false a viral report alleging that the home of a community leader in Okitipupa, Ondo State, Oloja Ayodele Omodogbe, was set ablaze following an alleged confrontation with the company\u2019s Ondo State Coordinator, Snr High Chief Idowu Asonja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in a rebuttal issued on Tuesday, Tantita Security Services described the allegations as \u201centirely false, fabricated, and malicious,\u201d insisting that no such incident occurred in Okitipupa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said the report was a deliberate attempt to smear Asonja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tantita suggested that individuals engaged in oil theft and illegal bunkering may be behind the reports, noting that such stories typically surface whenever the company intensifies its crackdown on illicit activities along the coastal corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company urged the public to disregard the \u201cmisleading and mischievous\u201d report, stressing that neither the coordinator nor any member of his team was involved in violence of any kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe attempt to link him (Asonja) to a nonexistent act of violence is not only mischievous but a desperate effort to undermine his work and the operations of Tantita Security Services in Ondo State,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is important to note that such falsehoods typically emerge whenever strong measures are taken against oil theft and illegal bunkering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is therefore suspected that individuals or groups whose interests are threatened by Tantita\u2019s ongoing efforts may be behind the dissemination of this baseless story, in an attempt to divert attention from the clampdown on illegal activities in the coastal areas of Ondo State.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ebiowei Gabriel Tantita Security Services has dismissed as false a viral report alleging that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[1640,1642,1643,982],"class_list":["post-5095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-oil-thieves-in-ondo-behind-arson-allegations-against-asonja-says-tantita","tag-describes-allegations-as-false","tag-fabricated","tag-malicious"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5416.jpg?fit=647%2C703&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5123,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/re-false-claims-of-two-years-unpaid-salaries__tantita-ondo-state-branch-sets-records-straight-says-oil-thieves-behind-false-allegations\/","url_meta":{"origin":5095,"position":0},"title":"Re: False Claims Of Two Years Unpaid Salaries__Tantita Ondo State Branch Sets Records Straight, Says Oil Thieves Behind False Allegations","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"December 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Freeborn Abraye The attention of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) Ondo State Chapter has been drawn to a recent protest by Sahara reporters, alleging two years of unpaid salaries and diversion of funds by the state coordinator. 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