 Governor Rotimi Akeridolu of Undostata has again explained the need for officers of the Western Nigerian security network codenamed Amotecon Coal to bear arms over non-state actors, saying that the security of life strength stands the protection of pipelines. Akeridolu in a statement released by Chief Press Secretary Richard O'Latunde explained that most of the people, and even some of his colleagues, didn't really understand his position on the oil pipeline surveillance contract. He reinstated the fact that he does not have any issue with the federal government awarding surveillance contracts to anybody, but that the federal government should allow Amoteco to carry sophisticated weapons like those on the awarded pipeline surveillance contracts.