- Opens Discussion with Angola, Algeria, Morocco as Alternate Plan
- Secret Discussion with Niger Delta Avengers Revealed
- Details of How he Escaped Nigeria by Road to Libya Exposed
- Plus his Fresh Demand for Peace to Reign in Niger Delta
By
Mustapha Rilwan/Special Crime Reporter, Tripoli
Government Ekpemupolo, 45 year old
who was once a commander in various guerrilla groups in the Niger Delta and one of the founders of Movement for Emancipation
of Niger Delta (MEND) presently have no peace of mind in Libya, as he is doing
all his possible best to seek asylum in the country in a bid to escape
prosecution in the hands of Nigerian government for his various crimes against
the nation.
Tamuno Kigobi, an insider in MEND
told this correspondent that Tompolo disguised under the cover of darkness some
days ago, traveled by road from Niger Republic to Libya, ‘bribing’ customs,
border police and every other security agents he had contacts with, as Nigerian
military had continuously been attacking most hideouts of militants in Baylesa
and Delta states, coupled with various moves made by undercover operatives to
turn him in at all cost.
Feelers reached Tompolo that except
he escaped from his underground bunker in Delta, he may eventually be killed in
attack or captured by Nigerian military to face trial. “Tompolo earlier hid
himself in one of the strongest underground fortress in Delta State. He knew
that going by the manner consistent attacks were coming from Nigerian military,
it was only a matter of time before he would be captured or killed. He did the
needful by escaping through Niger Republic to Libya in the odd hours of the
night. He settled (bribed) every security agents he met along the way, and no
one disturbed him, since he spends United States dollars like water,” explained
Tamuno.
Tamuno
squealed that Tompolo before his escape made top VIPs in Libya his friends whom
always engaged him in various discussion on arms purchase, war boat acquisition
from where the most wanted fugitive bought all the hardware, ammunition, war
boat his firm earlier used for surveillance on Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)
water-ways to checkmate crime activities by pirates.
This same
Libyan armed group who supplies Tompolo and MEND arms equipments are the ones
that are housing him in Tripoli, assuring him they will ensure he gets asylum
status, since he is ready to ‘bribe’ every Libyan official in their Immigration
and Home Office section.
This
position was confirmed by Tamuno, one of the former militants with MEND earlier
granted amnesty by Nigeria’s late President Musa Yar’Adua by saying: “Tompolo
is a multi-millionaire. He is very wealthy. On that trip to Libya, he had on
him various debit cards and undisclosed huge sums of money in foreign currency.
Libyan government would surely grant him asylum. If they fail, Tompolo already
told his MEND Regional Commanders in Nigeria before he traveled to Libya that
he would open discussion with Algerian, Angolan and Moroccan governments on
asylum acquisition. I heard that Tompolo is doing all he can to avoid arrest,
deportation and prosecution in Nigeria.”
Secret
Discussion with Niger Delta Avengers Revealed
Unpublished, Tompolo had in 96
hours before he fled Nigeria to Libya,
Tamuno said “Tompolo had secret meeting with Niger Delta Avengers and reached a
compromise that the militant group should keep blowing all oil installations in
Niger Delta purposely to ground Nigeria’s economy under the incumbent President
Muhammadu Buhari for daring to order his arrest just because he diverted
N35.1billion based on his contract with NIMASA. Have you wondered how Niger
Delta Avengers acquire modern war equipments for guerrilla warfare?
“Tompolo
took them through the routes on arms importation. I can tell you that other
parts of agreements Tompolo reached with them are: to ensure that they (Niger
Delta Avengers) did not ceasefire or agree to any peace deal except all charges
against all Niger Delta natives are dropped, amnesty given thereafter. Still
parts of the deal is for Niger Delta Avengers to denounce MEND, Tompolo, all to
distract the Nigerian government so they will not know the truth.”
This
position was conveyed to Niger Delta governors and was agreed that same will be
communicated to the Federal Government that all corrupt cases earlier
instituted against any son of Niger Delta should be discarded.
Confirming this
stance, some hours ago, Governors
of the South-South region met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State
House today to request for the majority of corruption cases in the region to be
dropped by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a meeting
attended by the governors of Edo, Ondo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and
Abia states, as well as the deputy governor of Cross River state.
As at the time of
filling in this report, we called Nigeria Embassy in Tripoli located inShara’a
Narjis, Hai Al-Zuhoor to get the reaction
of the Consular, their two phone lines:+218-21-4443036 and
+218-21-4443037 rang
endlessly, as it was not picked up for over 30 minutes.
Culled
from Naija Standard Newspaper
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