Militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has taken over the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state, and his candidate is set to be named the running mate of Ifeanyi Okowa, the party’s governorship candidate. According to a high-ranking member of the party, the influence of Tompolo, who recently acquired seven warships from Norway, has grown to the extent that “he determines who ends up becoming what” in the state chapter of the party. “Everyone is afraid of him. He is fully in control and dictates what happens here in Delta,” the source, who did not want to be named, said. “He is fond of intimidating those who are not in his good books. Recently, the names of some people who won the primary election for the state and national assembly were replaced on his orders. “He uses his influence in Abuja to fight those who are not in his camp. There is so much confusion in Delta right now. Some people who won the party’s ticket would not return. I can confirm to you that the current deputy speaker of the Delta state house of assembly, in the person of Basil Ganagana would not return to the house even though he won the primaries.” The source further alleged that not even Emmanuel Uduaghan, governor of the state, can challenge the might of Tompolo. He added that Okowa beat Tony Obuh, the preferred candidate of Uduaghan, to the state governorship ticket due to the influence of Tompolo. In another instance, he continued, Kingsley Otuaro, a commissioner at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) who is also loyal to Tompolo, would emerge as the deputy governorship candidate of the party ahead of the forthcoming election. “As I speak to you now, everything has been put in place to name Tompolo’s candidate as the running mate of Okowa. This is no secret; it is a well-known fact but everybody is afraid to talk,” the source said. “Do you think it is ordinary that Uduaghan lost in two ways? He dropped his senatorial bid for James Manager and still could not get his candidate to replace him. We all know the reason but who would talk? “The governor is Itsekiri and Tompolo is from Gbaramatu kingdom, the Ijaws, so that factor alone is causing problems between them.” Recently, Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo was involved in a dispute with Tompolo over the replacement of Weyinmi Omadeli, the PDP chairmanship candidate in Warri south-west local government with George Ekpemupolo, Tompolo’s younger brother. The brother is the current chairman of the local government. Some days after Keyamo made the issue public, the lawyer raised an alarm that the militant leader had threatened to kill him, and he petitioned Suleiman Abba, the inspector general of police, over alleged death threat. Tompolo, a former commander of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) once declared “the most wanted man in Nigeria” in 2009 during the administration of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, is known to be a staunch ally of President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Lol all lies

Nope, he is only going to nominate the deputy, without his backing Okowa would not have won, he is heavily popular in Delta

a country were d people celebrate thief and lies...if dey can vote for the family of ibori again dey can even vote for shekau.

is this not what Tinubu is doing in Lagos

kettykin:
is this not what Tinubu is doing in Lagos

Exactly

Tompolo lol

lol

The Urhobo Youth Initiative Movement has described comments circulating the Social Media zone about the Urhobo people and Ijaw kinsmen as absurd and self serving.According to the movement,there is an SMS been circulated by some people who claim to be speaking for the Urhobos and making inciting comments about Chief Tompolo and his Kinsmen from Ijaw Kingdom.

The inciting comments peddled on behalf of Delta State are messages flooding the media circles since the PDP primaries ended,members of Urhobo Youth Initiative Movement (UYIM) have sent out a statement on the matter.
In a release signed by Mr. Obaro Akpomiemie for Urhobo Youth Initiative Movement ,he discribed the said comments as absurd and a grand design by some people paid to plunge Urhobo nation into hate with her neighbors.

They observed that the malicious and unholy comments circulated around are of no importance to Urhobo people but rather self serving antecedents of disgruntled politicians,who are bent on causing disunity about various Tribes in Delta.
read the SMS below.

“URHOBO UNITED WAKE UP AND PREPARE FOR THE BATTLES AHEAD! Mr. President mandated Tompolo. Sen.Manager and his Kinsmen to mobilize against our guber candidate David Edewvie. Its in record dat d Urhobo's gv Mr.President more votes than d entire Bayelsa state in d 2011 election. we must unite to ensure dat Mr.President does not win a single ward in our areas. The same Tompolo and his cohorts are acting like pirates in power hijacking and looting by changing names of those who already won their house of assembly primaries @ d PDP secretariat Abj. What a NONSENSE! Mr.President call Tompolo to order, to avoid another round of crisis in delta State. May wise counsel prevail!” – extracts from an SMS broadcast on the 15th Dec 2014
The movement unanimously condemned the authors of this text message and their intentions.

Members of Urhobo Youth Initiative Movement also reiterated their commitment to the peace and unity of Delta State ,they vowed to resist any attempt by individuals to be used as puns in their grand political design to destabilize the state, by this they enjoined every indigene of Urhobo race to ignore the calls and resist any such plans by this group of persons.

UYIM also reiterated their commitment to ensure that the election will be peaceful and free of any conflict with either Ijaw or Delta North this is because the said groups have supported the Urhobos tremendously while the produced the Governor of the state on two separate occasions.

They urged the Urhobos as a sign of good gesture to support the course of Delta north neighbors now that it has been bestowed on them to produce the governor.


UYIM also condemned the unholy media attack on the person of High Chief Government Ekpemupolo AKA Tompolo and some of his fellow Ijaw kinsman Sen. James Manager by a particular so called Urhobo group and described it as unacceptable and should be discouraged by any reasonable Urhobo indigene.

In an election ,they said,everybody has the right to vote for whoever they want,by going all out to maintain peace and Chief Tompolo and his kinsmen should be commended for doing the right thing,they insisted, which is not to impose an Ijaw man with their strength and connection as the group actually attested to,they encouraged to play fair by respecting the zoning arrangement of Delta state which actually favors the Delta North,they described Tompolo and his Kinsmen as true Deltans who meant well for the peace and unity of Delta state.

UYIM also called on Deltans to reject any call of instigating the Urhobos against their Ijaw neighbours ,they commended them for their show of patriotism by not trying to use their closeness to Mr. President to destabilize the state like many would have done by trying to impose an Ijaw man as Governor. They commended all well meaning Deltans most of all the Urhobos who have benefited immensely from the support structure of other ethnic groups.

In conclusion,they warned every member of the group to refrain from declaring that the Urhobos will not vote for Mr. President because of political grudges,The Urhobos ,they stated are solidly behind President GoodLuck Jonathan and are fully in support of his Transformation Agenda and the progress and development it has ushered into the country, they vowed to vote massively for him come Feb 14th 2015 and also make sure the group mobilizes strongly to see that all favors enjoyed by Urhobos from Delta North in past elections should also see that Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa is elected the next governor of Delta state come Feb 28, 2015.

Delta people have always been a people of Peace and appreciate favors and no one shall because of his own personal loss shall cause Urhobo nation into some tribal and hate related conflict situation with other Delta brothers and sisters.

Tompolo nawa oo

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You can all imagine what PDP has turned into. Putting power in the hands of assasins. Same thing obtainable in Akwa Ibom State. It’s very worrisome that we now extol cultism and mediocrity.

war Lord

Is it him or his candidate that will become running mate?

orobs93:
a country were d people celebrate thief and lies...if dey can vote for the family of ibori again dey can even vote for shekau.

u said it all

The war-lords are being recognized and rewarded by the killer party itself. Is that guy not a semi-illiterate?

Caseless:
The war-lords are being recognized and rewarded by the killer party itself. Is that guy not a semi-illiterate?

I don't see Deltans complaining

criminals ruling delta state.

Reminder of his influence