S-South lawmakers ask Tompolo to surrender, prove his innocence
Former National Assembly members under the aegis of Coalition of South South Emeritus Lawmakers have called on the former General Officer Commanding, GOC, of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, to surrender to security agencies. Government Ekpemupolo The came against the background of a repeated warning by the presidency to the leaders of the ijaw community to handover Tompolo and other suspects in the recent bombing of major oil and gas installations in communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State. The bombing was believed to have been carried out by Niger Delta ex-militants in the state. But the ill development seemed to have pitched the community against the federal government as ijaw leaders told the presidency that it was not in their place to arrest Tompolo. The Ijaw stand on the matter was presented by the Chairman, Ijaw (Izo