Former Militant Leader, Tompolo Writes Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
A
former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo
alias Tompolo has written a passionate letter to the president,
Muhammadu Buhari.
Former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo
The former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government
Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, at the weekend, accused his enemies
of inciting the federal government against him. In an open letter to the
president, Tompolo revealed that he had no hand in the recent attacks
on oil and gas pipelines in the region, urging the President Mohammad
Buhari to investigate the oil servicing companies.
The open letter personally signed and titled “Am not part of
the Niger Delta Avengers Group”, alleged that the oil pipeline repair
servicing companies sabotage the pipelines in order to secure
surveillance and repair contracts from the Nigerian National Petroleum
Company (NNPC) due to deficiency in handling the jobs.
The statement read in part, “It is very important to let Mr
President and the security agencies in the country know that some
members of the ruling party, particularly from Bayelsa and Delta states,
are not happy with him ‘President Buhari’ because they have not gotten
anything from him after almost a year since he assumed office by way of
appointments and contracts, therefore some of them are involved in
nefarious activities in the oil and gas sector in order to be engaged in
pipeline surveillance.
“I am aware of how such persons are chasing the Minister of
Petroleum for State, Dr Ibe Kachikwu around. It is my humble advice to
the federal government to thoroughly investigate some of the servicing
companies engaged in repairing damaged pipelines as sabotage on their
own part is not ruled out. Some of them may not even have the capacity
to carry out such repairs but must have worked their way in to get the
contract in connivance with some people at the corridors of power and
turn around to tender the security situation in the Niger Delta as an
excuse because they are being paid ‘down time’ payment.
“I have said on many occasions that I will not resort to
violence because of my case with the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) or wage war against the federal government as my legal
team is working towards the resolution of the issue.
“My attention has been drawn to security reports linking me to a
new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, who claimed
responsibility for the damaged Forcados 48-Inch Export Pipeline some
time ago, it is imperative to state unequivocally that I do not have a
link with this new militant group. I am not part of the group,” he stressed.
Source: toring
