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Izonpikin, na true your bros dey talk?

Mr. Ekpemupolo, who is widely known as Tompolo, said the former president was the primary target of the Buhari istration.

Tompolo, who is a fugitive having so far declined to answer a summons by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said the government's plan to arrest him was a smokescreen to get at Mr. Jonathan.

In a rare exclusive interview, Tompolo also alleged that his father, who died last week, was physically assaulted by Nigeria's security agents on May 26, 2016 when they invaded Kurutie town in the Gbaramatu local government area where his late father, Thomas
Ekpemupolo, resided before his death.

The former militant said the soldiers who attacked his aged father also ransacked his and others' homes in the community. According to him, his late father suffered serious bodily injuries which resulted in the
amputation of his lower limbs.

"I am just a victim of circumstances. I am just a perceived enemy of the government," Tompolo said in the interview. He added: "The intention of the government was to arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan. But they feel that arresting Jonathan without arresting me may be difficult, that was the reason why they are after me."

He offered more details on his father’s death, stating, "It happened in the early hours of Saturday May 28, 2016 when the Nigerian Army, under the guise of looking for of the Niger Delta Avengers and of course my humble self, who they have accused of being behind the activities of the group without any evidence, invaded Kurutie town, where my father, Chief Thomas Ekpemupolo, was staying. They ransacked the whole building and brutalized him. He sustained an injury in one of his legs. We took him to Warri for medical attention after one week of the incident, due to difficulty in movement from the village to Warri because of the activities of the Army. He was itted at Lily Clinic, where thorough medical tests were conducted on him. The doctors later advised that his lower limb should be amputated because complication had set in as a result of the injury. We agreed to this and that was done. However, he later died in the clinic after two months."

Tompolo described claims by security forces that he has been sponsoring the dreaded militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, as "baseless and a wicked allegation." He said, "I have refuted the allegation. Even the government knows that I am not a sponsor of the Niger Delta Avengers. They are only looking for something to nail me."

He took a swipe at Nigeria's judicial system, which he said kow-tows to the government in purely legal matters. He advocated that the judiciary should be independent in order to be effective in serving the people, especially in matters involving "perceived enemies of the state."

Tompolo added, "I was the first person to sue the government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) because my company’s was restricted unjustly, but till now, the court has been playing funny, as the court has refused to hear the matter. Instead, it has been adjourning the case at every sitting. I pray that the Nigerian Judiciary should be independent, otherwise it is difficult for a perceived enemy of the government to get justice and judgement."

Tompolo also criticized President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that the retired Army General does not have a clue about how to manage the economy of the country, as evidenced by Nigeria's present economic situation.

"Now Nigerians have seen the way the government has run the economy aground because they are clueless, and only chasing shadows. It is difficult to give what you do not have."

He threatened to return to the creeks as a militant because the Federal Government has failed the people, adding that the only way he could help his people may be to go back to the creeks and lay among his people, as he had done in the past.


"That is where I come from, and the whole of my life I have stayed there. This is just a temporary setback as I prefer to stay in the creek than any other place," said Tompolo.

"That was why I led the struggle for a better living condition for the people so that, in the shortest possible time, the creek is urbanized so that the people will live like their counterparts in the urban areas," he added.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/09/16/buhari-istration-wants-use-me-arrest-jonathan-tompolo

SERAP as usual issuing out ultimatum then disappear at the expiration.

Kgdavid:




and btw where are the laughing nairalanders, you sell-sword?

bro, you are wicked

you placed that charlatan where he rightly belong

Wow

The NAF seems to have more class than the NA.

If it were the army, the whole place will look like a coven.

God bless the NA and NAF

Hmmmmmmm

Warri is in for a loooooong thing.

All roads in warri have collapsed and I do not think Okowa wants to look at the developments in this part of the state.

Told the folks here but they won't listen, they went ahead to vote in Ibori's stooge and still expect the dude to work. Imagine!

Ironically, if another election is conducted today, Okowa will still win hands down.

Nice one there, INEC!

These politicians are silly and evil.

Am even shocked and disappointed at the APC led government.

Same gimmick the useless PDP employed and failed is what they are planning to tow.

Urhobo?

Lai lai! Never seen a more disunited ethnic group than urhobo

Cc: freemarthy

oloyesaso:
op why the lies nayou took a pic from kenya site and now claim its nigeria

http://www.kenya-today.com/news/police-brutality-nairobi-kisumu-iebc-demonstrations

Mynd44, please bring down this topic and ban the Op for posting false information.

tomakint:
I have always been a huge fan of this cerebral engineer, imagine a brilliant man like this wasting away while a clown like Fashola is in charge of Power Ministry

First time I am in agreement with you

mccaybroewn:



It's in Udu local government not Ughelli South, a suburb of Warri.

Why do people like you derive joy in either misleading others or just flaunting your ignorance. Otokutu is neither warri nor in udu local government but in ughelli South. Get knowledge please

Cc: @MBuhari

God forbid bad thing!

ehikwe22:
You are a big fool for that stupid question. To you killing civilians is an option? What happens to addressing their grievances. Most of which are sensible? Most Nigerians are really heartless and tribalism has really eaten so deep that you lost any form of conscience.

The grievances of the ND people will be addressed.

But so also should the criminality by the Avengers.

FYI, 3 soldiers were killed yesterday. These guys were husbands, brothers, uncles to people. Never forget that

MadamExcellency:


What do you mean by "the consequences of ing terror"?

In Northeast, Bokoharam kills civilian while the Soldiers are drafted to protect and save civilians.

In Niger Delta, militants fight soldiers and destroy public infrastructures and you want Soldiers to go and massacre civilians.

So many people are pathetic and dangerous to comment on a public forum.

Can you give a better solution to this ime?

Lalasticlala, Pls push to the permanent site so we can get better analysis and just maybe the government may act on them.

The best way to go is to form a CJTF and have them work together with the military based on the peculiar terrain of the niger delta.

The president must look into this in order to bring a rapid halt to this insecurity with minimum collateral damage.

hungryboy:
Civilian JTF again?,
Bros if you dey find way to carry enter army,
Go buy form,
Because Buhari pack him brothers put for army in the name of Civilian JTF,
No mean say dem go follow pack una put,
Una own story fit no end for Khaki but for Casket,
The Military should fight their battle with the Militants,
If intelligence gathering is what the need, we have intelligence agencies who are paid to do just that.

Bros, bone that thing.

Speedy resolution of this insecurity is what every patriot needs

Lalasticlala kindly modify my topic appropriately.

We need to end this sudden scourge upon our land

More.

Lalasticlala, do you think these Intel is enough for the security forces to act?

See some tweets from these guys and give your thoughts

game of throne

world without end

vikings

abeg, when they show up on Friday, remand them in jail immediately until Monday as bail bonds cannot be processed on weekends.

thank you

Hardheolar:
he can use airtel #50 for 1.5gb night plan to season 1

Is dis with sub title?

lonelydora:


Same thing I told wifey. They shouldn't block the . It is their luck. Just as people pay tithes and care less what the pastor does with it. Give and wait for your blessings.

Nobody is begrudging them that. Point is why under declare the sum if there is no criminal intent? , it is public funds donated to a noble purpose and people will definitely need to know that their money were spent on exactly what it was meant for. Why under declare and shroud the arrangements in secrecy? They shouldn't have gone public with mayor's case in the first place then

I believe God will continue to bless and prosper father Mbaka in his ministry despite the machinations of godless people in this country

mamabomboy:
Yesterday i said that the Ozuor president would be denied by the Avengers. Guess what, i was right. The fact is that the Ozuor president made an unguarded statement, and his aides were just too tired to correct it.

The avengers should show their faces and come to the round table for peace talks. The government has held out the olive branch for too long for these guys.

cc: modath, omenka, midolian, tuale4u, ...

It is time the FG rise up and settle this issue once and forever.

We can't have a band of hoodlums destroying facilities with such reckless abandon without any response from the government

FORMER Chairman of the Delta Waterways Security Committee, DSWC, Warri, Delta State, Chief Ayiri Emami, Thursday, said the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, wants to pursue the Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, out of operations in N-Delta with its consistent and deliberate attacks on its facilities. Emami, who spoke to Vanguard on phone, called on the Federal Government to rise up to its responsibility and protect the oil multinational. “Avengers should be quickly checked by government before they accomplish the plan to stop Chevron operations in the Niger Delta region. The militant group is sending a very wrong signal with its unprovoked and unchecked on Chevron’s facilities. “The federal government should not sit down watching. It is government’s duty to protect life and property and the property of Chevron is daily at risk,” he said. His words: “This is a very wrong message to investors and should not be tolerated, what they are doing is in the long run to send Chevron packing from the region. It has nothing to do with any struggle.”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/avengers-plans-chase-chevron-n-delta-ayiri-emami/

ibe9ja:
Hypocrite. No need to tell the whole World. It's btw u and God.

May IPOB thunder fire the first and last person to quote me and talk anyhow

Why are you so daft?

Op shared it so we can all learn in so many ways to help whenever and wherever we can

Hehehehehe... Dickson and Fayose, one of a kind.

Pls can someone assist me with the LCM of these two men?