{"id":10273,"date":"2016-07-23T03:27:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T03:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10273"},"modified":"2016-07-23T03:30:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T03:30:05","slug":"tompolo-says-buhari-is-ignorant-about-deplorable-situation-in-niger-delta-laments-brutalization-of-80-yrs-old-father-innocent-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10273","title":{"rendered":"Tompolo says Buhari is ignorant about deplorable situation in Niger Delta, laments brutalization of 84-yrs old father, innocent people"},"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>The leader of the defunct Movement for the<br \/>\nEmancipation of the Niger Delta, Government<br \/>\nEkpemupolo, has slammed President<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Tompolo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8910\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Tompolo-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"Tompolo\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMuhammadu Buhari ignorance about situation of<br \/>\nthe Niger Delta region.<br \/>\nHe said the APC-led Federal Government is only<br \/>\ninterested in the oil produced in the region and<br \/>\nnot the well-being of its people.<br \/>\nEkpemupol (AKA Tompolo), in his latest letter to<br \/>\nthe President, also accused him of unfair<br \/>\ntreatment and alleged molestation of his 84-<br \/>\nyear-old father, Chief Thompson Ekpemupolo.<br \/>\nHe claimed that his octogenarian father lost a<br \/>\nlower limb to amputation following his encounter<br \/>\nwith troops of the Federal Government who<br \/>\ninvaded Kurutie, Warri South West Local<br \/>\nGovernment Area in May.<\/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<p>He urged the President to take keener interest in<br \/>\nthe affairs of the region and investigate<br \/>\nallegations against him instead of judging him by<br \/>\nwhat politicians say about him.<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cAs it stand now, you are not abreast<br \/>\nwith things happening in this part of the country,<br \/>\nperhaps you are only abreast with crude oil<br \/>\nexploration activities in the Niger Delta region.<br \/>\n\u201cI do not need to remind Your Excellency that,<br \/>\nthe primary duty of any government is to seek<br \/>\nafter the welfare and security of the citizenry,\u201d<br \/>\nhe said.<br \/>\nOn his father\u2019s travails, he added, \u201cThe military<br \/>\nwent to Kurutie Town in search of my 84-year-old<br \/>\nfather and brutalized him. We managed to rescue<br \/>\nhim to Warri and hospitalised him.<br \/>\n\u201cSadly, one of his lower limbs was amputated<br \/>\ntwo weeks ago. From the doctors report, it will be<br \/>\na miracle if he survives this incident. Is this 84<br \/>\nyears old man also a member of the Niger Delta<br \/>\nAvengers, that he was brutalised to the point of<br \/>\ndeath?<br \/>\n\u201cWill your Excellency accept this in good faith if<br \/>\nthis was done to your father or someone of this<br \/>\nage in your family? I have not heard of anyone<br \/>\nthat was treated like this even in the volatile<br \/>\nNorth Eastern part of the country,\u201d he added<br \/>\nTompolo, who dwelled extensively on his case<br \/>\nwith the Economic and Financial Crimes<br \/>\nCommission as well as the N13bn NIMASA<br \/>\nUniversity land acquisition debacle, urged the<br \/>\nPresident to deploy his trusted aides to the area<br \/>\nto ascertain the true state of affairs.<br \/>\nHe hinted that the issue of his alleged fraud was<br \/>\nbeing used as a tool of blackmail and political<br \/>\nvendetta, stressing that if the president took<br \/>\ntime to investigate the matter the truth would be<br \/>\nrevealed.<br \/>\nNevertheless, he maintained his avowal to adopt<br \/>\nlawful means always and not violence to prove<br \/>\nhis case with the EFCC.<br \/>\nYet he said, \u201cYour Excellency sir, I have been<br \/>\nwondering since the beginning of my travails at<br \/>\nyour instance, and I wish to ask whether, is this<br \/>\npart of the fight against corruption in Nigeria? Or<br \/>\nwas it because I supported my kinsman, former<br \/>\npresident Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 general<br \/>\nelections? I thought everyone in Nigeria has the<br \/>\nliberty to support whoever he or she deemed fit<br \/>\nin an election.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd as Dr Jonathan bravely accepted the<br \/>\noutcome of the election, which brought you in as<br \/>\nPresident of Nigeria today, I thought you will heal<br \/>\nwounds as the father of the Nation. And it was on<br \/>\nthis premise that I visited you immediately after<br \/>\nyour swear-in ceremony to pledge my loyalty<br \/>\nand readiness to work with your administration.<br \/>\n\u201cI am yet to be told the reason for all these<br \/>\nshenanigans exhibited by your security agencies<br \/>\nand party members. I really want to know<br \/>\nwhether this macabre dance is being declared by<br \/>\nyou or is it out of their own volition to perpetuate<br \/>\nthis high level of hatred on my person and close<br \/>\nassociates? It has really gotten to a worrisome<br \/>\ndimension as the situation is getting deteriorated<br \/>\nby the day.<br \/>\n\u201cThe latest victims of this unwarranted,<br \/>\nmisdirected and wicked act are Hon. Simeon<br \/>\nBebenimibo, a member of the Delta State<br \/>\nWaterway and Land Security Committee and a<br \/>\ndriver of one of my aides, Mr Ebipade Kari, who<br \/>\nwas on an errand with a little baby.<br \/>\n\u201cThe baby was thrown away from the vehicle, as<br \/>\nthe driver was beaten to pulp by your men, as he<br \/>\nwas asked the whereabouts of his boss.<br \/>\n\u201cThat was not all, the military men stormed the<br \/>\nhouse of one of my younger brothers, and<br \/>\nharassed his pregnant wife with guns pointed at<br \/>\nher. This has led to complications because of the<br \/>\ncloseness to her full time of delivery.<br \/>\n\u201cThe duo who were arrested are presently in the<br \/>\ncustody of the Nigerian Army, Effurun. Before<br \/>\nthis incident, the Navy went to the apartment of<br \/>\nanother of my aide, and picked up his heavily<br \/>\npregnant wife as he was out of town, and kept<br \/>\nher for 24 hours in the Navy base before<br \/>\nreleasing her.<br \/>\n\u201cThe truth of the matter is that I have been<br \/>\ntreated unfairly by you sir. After all these<br \/>\nhullabaloo about the Nigerian Maritime<br \/>\nUniversity, Okerenkoko, in which I was accused<br \/>\nof some wrong doing, you are yet to send<br \/>\nemissaries to Okerenkoko (permanent site) and<br \/>\nKurutie( temporary site) of the University to<br \/>\nascertain the level of things on ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari ignorance about situation of the Niger Delta region. He said the APC-led Federal Government is only interested in the oil produced in the region and not the well-being of its people. 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