FG had renewed a multi-million dollar pipeline surveillance contract to Tompolo, a former militant leader and Commander of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND).
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Tompolo made the plea in a statement he signed and made available to journalists on Friday.
These were the words of the Minister of Niger Delta and supervising Minister of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Godswill Akpabio, shortly after taking the wind off the sail of what would have been another Armageddon in the Niger Delta region.
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it had dismissed three of its personnel over theft of some equipment belonging to Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, in Warri, Delta State.
Rear Adm. Saleh Usman, the outgoing Flag Officer Commanding, Central Naval Command, disclosed this on Monday during a farewell parade organised in his honour at the Warri Naval Base.
Uduaghan, the medical doctor who left indelible marks in the state after his eight-year rule as governor, said he would soon declare officially his intention to contest the senatorial seat
In the statement signed by the group’s spokesman, Murdoch Agbinibo, the NDA said Operation Red Economy, which it had declared following the intervention of the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum, was officially over
The case is set to take a significant turn on Tuesday when the verdict in the first court case arising out of the allegations is due to be announced in Oslo
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Aniamaka, who confirmed the death, however, added that three of his accomplices escaped with bullet wounds
MEND said this in a statement on Saturday in which it also revealed that the government has also agreed not to arrest Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo
In a statement on Saturday in Lagos, by its Coordinator, Ebipade Clement, and made available to The Eagle Online, the group taunted Tompolo over his letter to Buhari on how doctors amputated the leg of his father allegedly brutalized and arrest of his associates by the military, saying that Tompolo should also be faithful to recall how his past actions and militancy activities may have affected others or resulted to lost of innocent lives
Tompolo, in a letter to Buhari, obtained by The Eagle Online, said his father’s leg had to be amputated following an encounter he had with soldiers who invaded Kurutie, Warri South West Local Government Area in May 2016
MEND also said the dialogue must involve ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo
Ukparasia in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday, alleged that NDA was just a tool for Tompolo to blackmail the Federal Government to force it to negotiate with him and his sponsors
The missiles, according to the JNDLF last week, would be released on Tuesday (tomorrow)
The Militant group in statement issued by its spokesman, Brigadier General Mudoch Agbinibo, offered the olive branch to a former militant and member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Government Ekpemuolo, popularly known as Tompolo, to join them in the fight against the Nigerian Government
Ekpemupolo, a leader of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, made the appeal on Sunday in a statement made available to newsmen in Warri, Delta State
Tompolo, who was declared wanted on February 12 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is seeking the court’s protection against prosecution for an alleged N45.9 billion fraud
He described as unfortunate the continuous military siege on Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area
Industry sources said with the development, Chevron may shut in its operations in Abiteye, Alero, Dibi, Otunana and Makaraba flow stations as the gas pipeline attacked by the militant group feeds a major tank farm of the company in the state