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President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has awarded Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, a pipeline surveillance contract. The former militant

Youths from across the Niger Delta area of Nigeria have been trooping into Oporoza, the ancestral headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri West Local Government Area of Delta state and the home of a former militant leader and Commander of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo. It was learnt that Tompolo already met with some ex-agitators and youth leaders in oil-rich communities in Niger Delta for enlistment to safeguard oil pipelines. 

Sunday  Standard learns that the issue came up at a recent central committee meeting but there was realization even among the most impatient, that the party can’t speed up the process. While the idea germinated in the BPF, it lost full ownership over it when it sought the collaboration of other opposition parties, namely the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and Alliance for Progressives (AP). The Court is being implemented through a nine-member working committee that is chaired by AP...