4 days to court appearance, Tompolo whereabouts unknown

Hamilton Nwosa
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With the deadline given by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to the nation’s security agencies to produce the former ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo looming there are clear indications that his whereabouts are unknown.

This is as a result of his Ijaw relatives’ unreadiness to give up the former militant leader, who the people of Gbaramatu-Ijaw in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, regard in very high esteem.

A royal father, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “No Gbaramatu man will reveal the hideout of Tompolo to any security man even if he knows, unless that person does not have a true Ijaw blood flowing in him.

“Tompolo is an institution, not only in Ijawland, but in the whole of Niger Delta. He has touched many lives and is the current symbol of the struggle. Therefore, it is not easy for any full-blooded Ijaw man to betray him.

From what I can see, the whole thing is about business transaction, the Federal Government should settle the matter and let peace reign.”

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