ARREST TOMPOLO AND YOU WILL SEE OUR GOOD SIDE-Gbaramatu Youth tells FG
The Federal Government has been
warned to drop its plan to arrest the former militant leader of the defunct
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Government
Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, on the grounds that it would be counter-productive.
This warning was issued by youths from Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri, Delta State,
yesterday who threatened that they would not allow their kinsman be humiliated.
A frontline Niger Delta youth leader, Azaiye Piniki, who spoke on behalf of
Gbaramatu youths in Warri, said what Tompolo is facing was politically
engineered; noting that the resultant effect of the ex-militant’s arrest could
destroy the fragile peace in the country. ALSO READ Obasanjo: I Spent 2 Days
with The Taliban Terrorists Tompolo was declared wanted by a Federal High Court
after repeatedly refusing to honour summons to do so to face charges brought
against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They also
rejected the government’s proposal to scrap the Nigerian Maritime University
project proposed by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
(NIMASA) saying it was also politically motivated. Piniki noted that, the
university would provide jobs for unemployed Nigerians and further stem the
tide of youth restiveness in the riverine communities of the Niger Delta
region. ALSO READ We Can Never Allow Ohaneze To Negotiate Kanu’s Release - IPOB
“Before the government took that decision, it was expected that the Minister
should have visited the site for on-the-spot assessment of the extent of work
done and not sit in Abuja and cancel a project of such magnitude, which is
capable of making the economy of the area to boom, thereby raising the standard
of living in the area. “So, I’m joining very many other Nigerians to advise the
Minister of Transport to urgently retrieve the statement which I believe might
possibly be a slip of tongue and visit the area to see things for himself,” he said
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