Anti-corruption agencies in four countries are examining a British firm’s links to a multimillion-pound defence deal involving a former Nigerian warlord, Government Ekpemupolo. Ekpemupolo is popularly known as Tompolo. According to Guardian, Investigators in the UK, the US, Nigeria (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and Norway are scrutinising Cas-Global, after it was alleged that the […]
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Runaway former Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of ignorance about the situation of things in the oil producing region. He said the APC-led Federal Government was only interested in the region’s oil and not the wellbeing of its people. Tompolo, in his latest open letter to Buhari, also […]
Read More THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday separated a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, from 40 counts of alleged N45.9bn fraud it filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos. Tompolo was listed as the first accused person in the charge, which the EFCC filed in January before Justice Ibrahim […]
Read More FORMER Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has urged the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal to order Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos to withdraw from the fraud charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC charged Tompolo and nine others with […]
Read More FORMER militant leader Chief Government Ekpemupolo has denied issuing an ultimatum to the Federal Government to withdraw troops from the Niger Delta region. He described reports of the purported deadline as handiwork of his enemies who want to see his end. A statement by his media aide, Comrade Paul Bebenimibo stated: “It has come to […]
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THE Former Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh yesterday went through fresh grilling in detention with a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi. It was learnt that Air Chief Marshal Badeh was moved from Abuja to Lagos to join Akpobolokemi in responding to […]
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INSPECTOR-General of Police Solomon Arase said yesterday that his men have the order to arrest ex-Niger Delta militant Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after a court issued the warrant for his arrest. Tomopolo according to The Nation was declared wanted by the EFCC in connection with […]
Read More EX-MILITANT leader Government Ekpemupolo (akaTompolo) has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency, in an advertorial signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said it decided to declare Tompolo wanted following two bench warrants issued against him by a Federal High Court in Lagos, where […]
Read More EX-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has pleaded with Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos to set aside the warrant of arrest issued against him. Justice Buba had on January 14 issued a bench warrant against Tompolo and ordered his arrest for failing to honour a court summons dated […]
Read More The Federal Government has filed fresh criminal charges against a former Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Oweize Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), involving about N22,765,900,000. According to The Nation, The new charge, filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, borders on stealing, advanced fee fraud and money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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A Leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Government Ekpemupolo, has explained why he has not appeared in court on the alleged N34 billion fraud, for which an order of arrest was issued on him. Ekpemupolo, in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, said he has nothing […]
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A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, to unconditionally appear before it on Thursday to answer 40 counts of alleged N13bn fraud levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Tompolo had been charged on Tuesday with an amended 40 counts […]
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