…Tasks NNPC, NSA To Reveal Names Of Those Behind Oil Theft A group, Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to renew the pipelines Surveillance Contract of ex-war lord in the Niger Delta Region, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo for the benefit of the nation. NDIMRC urged the Federal government that no effort should be spared in collaborating with the former militant leader in the protection of critical oil and gas infrastructure and securing permanent peace in…
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Senate Affirms Tompolo N4b Surveillance Contract
The Nigerian Senate has affirmed the N48 billion oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded by the Federal Government to former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo). The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), Albert Akpan, made this revelation while speaking with journalists shortly after presenting the report of Senate ad hoc Committee on Oil Lifting, Theft and the Impact on Petroleum Production and Oil Revenues. According to him,There was nothing wrong with the decision of the…
Read MoreTompolo’s Victory At Fed High Court Against EFCC Is A Welcome Development- Gbenekama, Gbaramatu Spokesman
The oil-rich Niger Delta Region was on Wednesday thrown into jubilation when the High Court, Lagos discharged and acquitted ex-warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo of all charges levelled against him by the Economic FinancialCrimes Commission ( EFCC ). Tompolo who is highly respected in the country, especially in the oil rich Niger Delta Region where he has attracted a lot of developmental projects has been at the receiving end of the EFCC with his properties confiscated and some allegedly sold by the Commission. The Federal High Court sitting…
Read MoreTompolo’s Maritime Security Contract Boosted NIMASA’S Revenue -JAMOH
By Omoghene Benedict, For over five years after the termination by the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), of maritime security contract it entered with Global West Specialist Vessels Limited, a company said to be sponsored by ex-warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, (aka Tompolo), the agency’s new Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has testified that the contract actually boosted NIMASA’s revenue. The contract was not only canceled, the company and Tompolo are also still being prosecuted over the engagement, regardless of the fact it boosted NIMASA’s operations and revenue. Speaking…
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