Former Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government
Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo, has flayed former Secretary-General of the
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Ovie
Kokori, for charging him to come out of hiding and face his trial over alleged
financial offences.
Kokori had on Saturday challenged Ekpemupolo to come
out of his hiding and face the EFCC in the court to prove his innocence in his
ongoing trial by the agency over an avalanche of financial crimes.
In a statement issued on Sunday by his Media
Adviser and Consultant, Paul Bebenimibo, Tompolo described Kokori’s call as
“an unwarranted outburst” designed to curry the favour of President Muhammadu
Buhari.
He said: “Our attention has been drawn to the above
headline in one of the national dailies on Saturday that High Chief Government
Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, should come out of his hiding and face the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). And this statement was made by an All
Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Delta State, Kokori. We have imagined
why the APC leader decided to make such a statement like other APC leaders in
the past at this time, on a matter that is before a law court.
“Ordinarily, we would have ignored Kokori like
others if not for intelligence information we gathered from a clandestine
meeting held by this group of persons on how to implicate Tompolo in a planned
act of pipeline destruction in the Niger Delta region. We have been made to
understand that these APC leaders are out there to get favour from President
Buhari by way of appointments and empowerment with the issue of Tompolo and
EFCC.
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