Tompolo On The Run; Security Storms His Hideouts

A combined team of policemen have been deployed in the creeks of Bayelsa and near states to get and arrest Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo.

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, had ordered the Bayelsa State Police Command to carry out Tompolo’s arrest in compliance with the order of a Federal High Court, Lagos.

Force Public Relations Officer, Bisi Kolawole, confirmed to that the IG had directed his officers to apprehend Tompolo, who has also been declared wanted.

Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court had ordered the arrest of the ex-militant leader for his failure to appear before him to answer 40 counts on an alleged N45.9bn fraud.

EFCC had charged Tompolo and a former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, alongside eight others with N45.9bn fraud.

Justice Buba had issued a bench warrant against Tompolo and ordered that he must be produced in court.

“As the IG stated, we have deployed men to carry out the court order to arrest Tompolo and our men are on his trail. I don’t think it would be necessary to involve other security agencies, the police are up to the task of apprehending him,” she said.