The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finalized plans to file fresh criminal charges against Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo and a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi.

A statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said they will be charged over an alleged scam in the acquisition of a property worth N11.8 billion

Uwujaren said the property: “Mieka Dive Institute, a sprawling expanse, purportedly acquired by NIMASA for the take-off of the Nigerian Maritime University, was approved for an outright purchase by the past administration in the sum of N13, 072,564,822.00 in which a sum of N11, 765, 308, 339.80 had been paid through NIMASA.”

He explained that EFCC investigations showed that the fund was fraudulently claimed through an alleged false presentation of a Certificate of Customary Right of Occupancy of the property and an alleged inflation of the property sum.

Uwujaren added that the same property was allegedly wrongly acquired and wrongly purchased, as the Omadino Community of Delta State, the rightful owners of the property is making a demand for rightful payment of the same land.

Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos, last week, ordered the arrest of Tompolo following his failure to appear before the court for his arraignment over an alleged N34 billion scam preferred against him, the ex-NIMASA boss and four other persons as well as their companies by the EFCC.

The court consequently fixed February 8, 2016 for their arraignment, the EFCC statement said.

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Efcc should shut up and work

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e]Bros na work Dem de do na

They have started another media trial again.

Catch the man, charge him to court and stop disturbing our peace.

Yawn, them never even catch am

tompolo no dey 9ja again...he don fly...efcc save urself d stress.

Please the court should start sending some of these criminals down to Lagos; we have kirikiri down here; kuje prison will soon fill up. And its not right to have the concentration of criminals in one city!

Its time to check two tortoise and know the male. Tompolo it's time for your rigidity to be tested like that of Shakau.

U never see am to file even one charge,you are filing multiple charges!!

cktheluckyman:
U never see am to file even one charge,you are filing multiple charges!!

for dream nahh

Defenders of corruption, perform your statutory duty of supporting thieves. Tompolo should continue hiding like a rat his wealth means very little to him, it is better to manage your small income and live in dignity than amass billions are live in fear and constant hiding.

Thought some were bragging that tompolo has weapons to wage War against nigeria.Why is he in hiding with some reports claiming he has even absconded from nigeria.
Whenever tompolo is caught,he can definitely kiss his freedom goodbye because no court is going to grant him bail and with his charges piling up,the sentence he wud finally receive wud indeed be long.

doctokwus:
Thought some were bragging that tompolo has weapons to wage War against nigeria.Why is he in hiding with some reports claiming he has even absconded from nigeria.
Whenever tompolo is caught,he can definitely kiss his freedom goodbye because no court is going to grant him bail and with his charges are piling up,the sentence he wud finally receive wud indeed be long.

Tompolo, Asari Doku-Orobo et al cannot defy Buhari because they are not dealing with GEJ or similar weaklings. I told many, when Buhari was sworn in, that the days of individuals making threats against Nigeria and holding our nation to ransom are over because Buhari understands completely that a government and President needs to be tough and needs to be seen to be tough. It is the way it is worldwide with successful and well-run nations.

When the mightiest authority in the land (the FG) and the most powerful office in Nigeria (the Presidency) allows itself to be cowered by groups and individuals lawlessness everywhere is the outcome as was the case under the PDP. Buhari knows part of ushering in change and a new way of doing things is to restore the authority of the FG, the presidency and our institutions so that Nigeria becomes like sane nations where no individual or group is greater than the Country. We warned them that a new Sheriff is in town but they would not listen. Now the likes of Kanu will learn the hard way.

Gbawe:
We warned them that a new Sheriff is in town but they would not listen. Now the likes of Kanu will learn the hard way.

None deserve pity, and none will get pity.
GEJ,a man not worthy to lead a local govt in saner climes, reduced the presidency of 170m people to a gathering of drunkards, lost in stupor,after an idle days game of draught.

Lolz...lienus

doctokwus:

None deserve pity, and none will get pity.
GEJ,a man not worthy to lead a local govt in saner climes, reduced the presidency of 170m people to a gathering of drunkards, lost in stupor,after an idle days game of draught.

This fake doctor again

diz must b caught

After Rivers state election. . Tompolo will come out to face his charges. ...

doctokwus:
Thought some were bragging that tompolo has weapons to wage War against nigeria.Why is he in hiding with some reports claiming he has even absconded from nigeria.
Whenever tompolo is caught,he can definitely kiss his freedom goodbye because no court is going to grant him bail and with his charges piling up,the sentence he wud finally receive wud indeed be long.

So when Tompolo waged war againat Nigeria in the past was he living in mansions? Nigeria is already losing $2.4 million since last Friday and Buhari is trying to prosecute Tompolo for $17m!! Is that not pennywise pound foolish!!

"when a president forgets that even in the US there is the Mafia. That for peace and continuity of business, you look away. Tompolo like Saddam, like Ghadafi was the peace in the Niger Delta. A militant was turned to an asset by the PDP. Moneys were made available to him and the boys through means. Now the Peace and progress brought about by the PDP especially Yar Adua and GEJ is frittered away by the dense and dunce Dauran.
Calculate how much the vandalized pipes costs and how much the loss of crude costs and then add the cost of the war Buhari has always chosen as his path from the onset. Is it not cheaper to simply have let Tompolo keep whatever money?
How much does Tompolo have in comparison to Danjuma, Babangida, Atiku and all the oil magnates and owners of OML?
Does Tompolo or any Niger Deltan profit from fuel subsidy importation?
The only time a Niger Deltan makes money from the Federal Government from the oil in his backyard, dense dunce Dauran has the ultimate ambition to kill him.
Of course we know it is because he refused to join the APC. Other "community leaders" who did, despite billions made as well walk free... as they should. If Otedola is a billionaire from oil, they have a right to be too.
We know all this was set off because of the desire of APC to rule the Niger Delta states. As Tompolo ensured Sylva was defeated and as his boys prepare to ensure the same goes for Rivers and Akwa Ibom, the Federal government chose the path of war by declaring the one man controlling the "peace of the pipelines" wanted. His crime?
HIS CRIME He sold land for a university expensively. How is that a crime? You have the government official who bought it at that price. Why not jail him?
Buhari always wanted to KILL in revenge for what he believes GEJ did to his Boko Haram and North. Now is his opportunity. The pipelines are being destroyed and soldiers killed. Now is his BIG OPPORTUNITY. He went to Dubai and instead of talking real business, and peace, he goes there to talk of DEFEAT of his own countrymen. Any other president with WAEC certificate would tell Dubai that his country was peaceful and open to business. The Niger Delta WAS PEACEFUL until his feckless, reckless leadership.
Leadership? We have elected a butcher. So many pathways to peace for Shiites. He murdered a thousand. So many pathways to peace and progress in the Niger Delta. He has chosen the path of war and bloodshed.
The only people he wants to NEGOTIATE with and who he searches for CREDIBLE LEADER is for Boko Haram. The CREDIBLE LEADER of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and the CREDIBLE LEADER of NIGER DELTA, Tompolo, deserve to be killed or be in jail. The CREDIBLE LEADER of BOKO HARAM however is to be found and bargained with.
God dey."

cktheluckyman:


So when Tompolo waged war againat Nigeria in the past was he living in mansions? Nigeria is already losing $2.4 million since last Friday and Buhari is trying to prosecute Tompolo for $17m!! Is that not pennywise pound foolish!!

You guys don't get it do you? Buhari, as a military general, is a dedicated student of the laws of power and he knows there is no way to exert authority better than to show the world that he is completely in charge and that no individual is above the law under his government. I wish Tompolo goodluck in his "war" against Buhari.

Let us see who comes out on top. It is obvious you guys have become used to a diet of impunity that makes you fail to accept we now have a formidable and deserving President in place who understands that it is about doing what is best for Nigeria and not about giving 'big men' the privilege of p1ss1ng on Nigerians and getting away with it as obtained under the PDP and GEJ.

Gbawe:


Tompolo, Asari Doku-Orobo et al cannot defy Buhari because they are not dealing with GEJ or similar weaklings. I told many, when Buhari was sworn in, that the days of individuals making threats against Nigeria and holding our nation to ransom are over because Buhari understands completely that a government and President needs to be tough and needs to be seen to be tough. It is the way it is worldwide with successful and well-run nations.

When the mightiest authority in the land (the FG) and the most powerful office in Nigeria (the Presidency) allows itself to be cowered by groups and individuals lawlessness everywhere is the outcome as was the case under the PDP. Buhari knows part of ushering in change and a new way of doing things is to restore the authority of the FG, the presidency and our institutions so that Nigeria becomes like sane nations where no individual or group is greater than the Country. We warned them that a new Sheriff is in town but they would not listen. Now the likes of Kanu will learn the hard way.

spot-on!

I know the fresh charge will include an attempted assassination on burantashi.

doctokwus:
Thought some were bragging that tompolo has weapons to wage War against nigeria.Why is he in hiding with some reports claiming he has even absconded from nigeria.
Whenever tompolo is caught,he can definitely kiss his freedom goodbye because no court is going to grant him bail and with his charges piling up,the sentence he wud finally receive wud indeed be long.

Why has buhari sent emissaries with scintillating offers to the creeks to beg Tompolo?why the double standard? can't Buhari come clean and tell the zombies truth before they push him to the grave?

vedaxcool:
Defenders of corruption, perform your statutory duty of supporting thieves. Tompolo should continue hiding like a rat his wealth means very little to him, it is better to manage your small income and live in dignity than amass billions are live in fear and constant hiding.

Well said brother.

cktheluckyman:


So when Tompolo waged war againat Nigeria in the past was he living in mansions? Nigeria is already losing $2.4 million since last Friday and Buhari is trying to prosecute Tompolo for $17m!! Is that not pennywise pound foolish!!

It baffles me how you reason, like a baby.

No be to dey file charges upandan, na to catch the man and make him to face justice and answer for his 'crimes' if any. Tanku

OrlandoOwoh:

It baffles me how you reason, like a baby.

funny

Change him to court abeg

Gbawe:


You guys don't get it do you? Buhari, as a military general, is a dedicated student of the laws of power and he knows there is no way to exert authority better than to show the world that he is completely in charge and that no individual is above the law under his government. I wish Tompolo goodluck in his "war" against Buhari.

Let us see who comes out on top. It is obvious you guys have become used to a diet of impunity that makes you fail to accept we now have a formidable and deserving President in place who understands that it is about doing what is best for Nigeria and not about giving 'big men' the privilege of p1ss1ng on Nigerians and getting away with it as obtained under the PDP and GEJ.

So Obasanjo was not an army General when the militants held sway at the creeks during his time baa? Does Buhari have more war experience than Obasanjo? You mean to tell me those the service chiefs from 2003-2009 during the active days of the Niger-delta insurgency were not army Generals as well?

Was Buhari not the president when the blew up pipelines last week!! You people just try to create an air of ominipotence around Buhari!!