{"id":10169,"date":"2016-07-18T12:55:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10169"},"modified":"2016-07-18T17:17:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T17:17:20","slug":"mend-says-tompolo-can-stop-the-avengers-if-while-another-group-gives-northerners-august-1st-to-vacate-niger-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10169","title":{"rendered":"MEND SAYS TOMPOLO CAN STOP THE AVENGERS IF&#8230;, WHILE ANOTHER GROUP GIVES NORTHERNERS AUGUST 1ST TO VACATE NIGER DELTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mend-militant.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10125\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10125\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mend-militant-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"mend-militant\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mend-militant-300x166.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mend-militant.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Movement for the Emancipation of the<br \/>\nNiger Delta (MEND) has called on President<br \/>\nMuhammadu Buhari to suspend the corruption<br \/>\ntrial of one of its commanders, Government<br \/>\n&#8216;Tompolo&#8217; Ekpemupolo, saying he has the<br \/>\ncapacity to stop the incessant blowing of<br \/>\npipelines in the region.<br \/>\nMEND said Tompolo wills powerful influence in the<br \/>\nNiger Delta, and the suspension of the of the<br \/>\ncharges brought against him by the Economic and<br \/>\nFinancial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will give him<br \/>\nroom to restore peace to the region.<br \/>\nThe ex-militant leader has severally denied<br \/>\ninvolvement with or affiliation to the Niger Delta<br \/>\nAvengers, the militant groul responsible for the<br \/>\nmany attacks on oil installations in the past<br \/>\nmonths.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=9411&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>MEND has however submitted the final list of its<br \/>\ndialogue group, Aaron team 2, in a letter written to<br \/>\nthe President.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger<br \/>\nDelta (MEND) hereby submits the final list of<br \/>\nmembers of the Aaron Team 2 dialogue, peace and<br \/>\ndevelopment initiative inaugurated by MEND on<br \/>\nJune 12, 2016 to find sustainable solutions to the<br \/>\nNiger Delta crisis,\u201d the letter signed by the group&#8217;s<br \/>\nspokesman, Jomo Gbomo, said.<br \/>\n\u201cMr. Odei Ajumogobia, who has unblemished<br \/>\nrecord, character and integrity and is widely<br \/>\nrespected throughout the entire Niger Delta region,<br \/>\nis our chief negotiator in the proposed dialogue with<br \/>\nthe federal government<br \/>\n\u201cHRH King Alfred Papapreye Diette-Spiff was the<br \/>\nfirst military governor of the old Rivers state and is<br \/>\ncurrently, a 1st class traditional ruler in Bayelsa<br \/>\nstate. He is the deputy leader of the Aaron Team as<br \/>\nwell as the representative of the Niger Delta<br \/>\nDialogue and Contact Group (NDDCG).<br \/>\n\u201cHowever, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa from Cross<br \/>\nRiver state shall be representing all Bakassi<br \/>\nmilitant groups and aggrieved communities from<br \/>\nthat axis of the Niger Delta, who see her as their<br \/>\nmother.<br \/>\n\u201cFormer Senate President Adolphus Wabara is in<br \/>\nthe Aaron Team to represent Abia and Imo states.<br \/>\nHe is widely respected across both states and shall<br \/>\ndeploy his vast wealth of experience for the benefit<br \/>\nof the dialogue, peace and development initiative.<br \/>\n\u201cHigh Chief Government Ekpemupolo\u2019s inclusion in<br \/>\nthe final list was principally because of the key role<br \/>\nhe continues to play in the Niger Delta as a notable<br \/>\nex-militant leader; philanthropist; traditional title<br \/>\nholder and mobilizer of amazing capacity. It will<br \/>\ntherefore be counter-productive if the federal<br \/>\ngovernment ignored such an individual who may be<br \/>\ncapable of talking to the militants in the creeks to<br \/>\nceasefire.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are very much aware of the pending criminal<br \/>\ncharges filed against Government Ekpemupolo by<br \/>\nthe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission<br \/>\n(EFCC). However, we strongly advice that the<br \/>\ncharge be suspended until after the conclusion of<br \/>\nthe Aaron Team assignment. This is to ensure that<br \/>\nMr. Ekpemupolo devotes his time, energy and<br \/>\nresources towards the resolution of the current<br \/>\nNiger Delta crisis without any fear of arrest,<br \/>\nintimidation or harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Adaka Boro Avengers (ABA) militant group has announced that it will declare the Niger Delta region as an independent republic on the 1st of August 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The group said it had concluded arrangements with other militant groups to make the declarations.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman of the group, General Edmos Ayayeibo, its spokesperson, mandated the Federal Government to use the three weeks\u2019 notice to \u201cmove out all military personnel and all government agencies out of the Niger Delta,\u201d and warned that \u201cfailure will lead to destruction of military barracks and personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also ordered all northerners and people of the South West to vacate its territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they refuse to heed to our warning, we will use so many as example in the Niger Delta region on the due date,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are telling the Nigerian government that enough is enough and we are taking our independence by force. We have our foreign backers, so we are not afraid of the Nigerian government but ready for total war,&#8221; the group said.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the corruption trial of one of its commanders, Government &#8216;Tompolo&#8217; Ekpemupolo, saying he has the capacity to stop the incessant blowing of pipelines in the region. MEND said Tompolo wills powerful influence in the Niger Delta, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[2394,1245,1965,882],"class_list":["post-10169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-adaka-boro-avengers-aba","tag-mend","tag-niger-delta-avengers-nda","tag-tompolo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mend-militant.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-2E1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10176,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169\/revisions\/10176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}