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 Aggrieved APC members behind oil pipeline sabotage –Tompolo

2nd May 2016
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 … Says, count me out of new militant group

  • DSS picks group’s leader

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FOUNDER of the defunct Movement for the Eman­cipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Govern­ment Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has dissociated himself from the activities of a new militant group, Niger Delta Avengers.

Besides, the former war­lord, who has a running battle with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) urged President Muham­madu Buhari to carry out an investigation about ac­tivities of members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are aggrieved that for close to one year, they have yet to get political patronage from him.

In a statement personal­ly signed by him, Tompolo said he had contributed more than any other indi­vidual to the development of the coastal areas of the oil-rich Niger Delta and has no business returning to the creeks after accept­ing offer of presidential amnesty granted by late president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

Tompolo’s clarifica­tion came on the heels of fresh tension generated by the emergence of the new group that has claimed re­sponsibility for the recent damage caused major oil installations in the oil-rich region.

Before Tompolo’s state­ment, the nation’s intel­ligence community had linked the group to him. Operatives of the Depart­ment of State Services (DSS) quietly picked leader of the faceless group. He was arrested in the Governor’s Lodge of a South-South state.

Lat week, the group said it was prepared to reduce Nigeria’s daily oil produc­tion and supply to zero barrel.

“The same factor that brought about the Ni­ger Delta arms struggle is fast resurfacing as the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is poised to exterminate Niger Delta people for being benevo­lent enough to allow the nation’s mono-economy thrive on our oil.

“We are being op­pressed, pushed to the wall on various fronts which is why we have picked up the challenge to be the outlaws this government will have to contend with till daily production of oil is reduced to zero in the Niger Delta, so govern­ment can use the oil from the North to run Nigeria’s mono-economy.

But, Tompolo said: “It could be recalled that when I founded the de­funct MEND, at the peak of the Niger Delta agita­tion for better living for the people, I did not mince words. And, so, if I were behind the Niger Delta Avengers, I would have come out openly to claim leadership. I am a man of my words; therefore, I should be taken as such by the security agencies.

“It is very unfair to link me with this new militant group, which I do not agree with in terms of its philosophy, ideology and mode of operation. I am not part of the Niger Delta Avengers.

“It is very important to let Mr President and the security agencies in the country know that, some members of the APC, 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.

“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.’’

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