THE Federal Government has drafted heavily-armed soldiers to provide security for the ex-militant leader, Government Ekpomukpolo, alias Tompolo.

Saturday Tribune gathered the deployment was in response to one of the demands of the former warlord before accepting the amnesty gesture.

Our sister publication the Nigerian Tribune, had reported, last Wednesday, the three conditions given by Tompolo, but the Federal Government gave a feeble denial the following day.

It was also learnt that the government further gave two new jeeps to facilitate the movement of the ex-warlord.

Saturday Tribune saw the ex-“General Officer Commanding” of the militants in the Niger Delta with the soldiers and the jeeps last Tuesday, when he was hosted to a reception by his father in Warri, Delta State.

At the end of the event, the former warlord entered one of the jeeps, accompanied by a soldier while the second was used as security escort with five soldiers.

Meanwhile, the ex-militant leader is yet to turn in his over 3000 foot soldiers he promised to hand over to the amnesty rehabilitation committee in Warri.

As of 3.00 p.m. on Friday when Saturday Tribune left the rehabilitation centre of the Federal Government, the militants that served under were yet to show up.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/10102009/news/news4.html

I Love this Country - Indices of a failed state - A man that should be hung.

If he likes, let him surround himself with all Dirty Stinking Nigeria Soldiers. the best way out, is for him to change his name and relocate to Dirty Stinking, Disease Ridden Hausa/Fulani inhospitable desert land.

@wilywily

what is with you and dirty stinking?

@wilywily

what is with you and dirty stinking?




lolllllll

@otokx and Showstopa,
Dirty Stinking are some of the features of Hausa/Fulani people. i have my proof if any of you want.

I'm kinda confused. Did his father name him Government?

Maybe his father was a psychic, and knew he would fight against Government ever since he was born.

So, it sometimes pays in hell to be a criminal. Nigeria! I'm so fired,

^^ i can't still understand why he's still alive or isn't the government capable of making him have an "accident" for christ sake,this guy is a terrorist!! and he's going scot- free?? WTF??

Tompolo given Heavy Security?

Evil pays. . .Only in Nigeria!

*I weep*

Wrong ideaa, has he also been offered live & diplomatic immunity?, stupid

[size=14pt]Heavy federal security ,that sounds like heavy federal MONITORING TROOPS to me[/size] 

Misplaced priority.This guy needs re-orientation.

Many of you guy's are living in cloud cuckoo land. Govt has analysed and re-analysed the situation after they sent in JTF and it failed. . .
In many ways, its the best. It is isn't good to oppress minorities.

Tompolo is an idiot, he should known the government will use and dump him. I doubt if he can turn up his 3000 boys.

Intesting, that means all the requirements for security around you is being a warlord.
God, pls, you need to save this nation, this is absurd and sickening, this is a man that shd be used to test the new bullets.

he doesnt have total control over the so called 3000 foot soldiers, he has been replaced by mend ,simple and short

so now i guess all the MENDs will soon ask for security flying in the air to protect them around the clock.

well guys get arms n luk 4 sum hot spot that will affect them economy.destroy things,cause havoc,afer 3yrs the govt will grant u n ur pple amnesty plus heavy cash immunity girls n protection.

blacksta:

I Love this Country - Indices of a failed state - A man that should be hung.

I believe your being able to use the internet should translate to your ability to understand simple English words like AMNESTY

Besides if you are from the Niger-Delta you won't see anything wrong in what he does. Believe me our oil is what is keeping this country together;oil is what provides the money that runs this country

If you started this thread to make insensitive remarks about the Niger-Delta struggle then it should better be taken down

MUNEER2:

I'm kinda confused. Did his father name him Government?

Maybe his father was a psychic, and knew he would fight against Government ever since he was born.

So, it sometimes pays in hell to be a criminal. Nigeria! I'm so fired,  

MrCrackles:

I still cant get my head round how that dude was named Government!

Now let me educate you. The man is Ijaw, they tend to answer names like that.They tend to cling to English words as names. Ever wonder why your vice-president has two english names? You hear names like Timi-West, Mimi- Briggs,they even answer colours as names like Brown,Yellow,white; so now you know  

Besides I have come across funny English names that I know may not even catch attention when you hear them .How does Wayne Side-bottom sounds?

na una sabi

i don buy enough guns, i de recruit boys now, next week na ASO ROCK i go block. After 3 years F.G. will give me Amnesty and 30 soldiers to guard me.

Tompolo stopped being the leader of MEND the day he accepted the amnesty. he has no control over any 3000 militants. MENT is yet to accept amnesty

9ja!! We funny die.

This is the bonus that comes with submitting to the amnesty, I guess.

only in nigeria

crime pays

rape, loot, murder, commit arson - and you get government protection - may God give the victims of tompolo and co the strenght to the bear this

Tompolo has reduced himself to a peanut. Someone that the FG was afraid of. Imagine Osama handing over himself to U.S. Tompolo has done the least thing I thought he would do.

I thought these Niger delta guys were serious when they started thios struggle. Was Tompolo afraid that FG would come and bomb his village? Did he not know that freedom demands a big sacrifice?

Nelson Mandela paid the sacrifice of staying in jail for 27 years before Southafrica could be free. Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu paid his own sacrifice of standing in for the civil war when the federal forces came to fight his region. And to prove him right, the Nigeria that the federal forces fought for has gotten worse than she was and is now a failed state.

O Tompolo and the Niger deltans, I thought you people were serious when u started this struggle. If you fail this time nobody will ever take you people serious again and you will end up being the minorities in Nigeria, where you are the treasure base (Monkey de work Baboo dey chop).

Tompolo has reduced himself to a peanut. Someone that the FG was afraid of. Imagine Osama handing over himself to U.S. Tompolo has done the least thing I thought he would do.

I thought these Niger delta guys were serious when they started thios struggle. Was Tompolo afraid that FG would come and bomb his village? Did he not know that freedom demands a big sacrifice?

Nelson Mandela paid the sacrifice of staying in jail for 27 years before Southafrica could be free. Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu paid his own sacrifice of standing in for the civil war when the federal forces came to fight his region. And to prove him right, the Nigeria that the federal forces fought for has gotten worse than she was and is now a failed state.

O Tompolo and the Niger deltans, I thought you people were serious when u started this struggle. If you fail this time nobody will ever take you people serious again and you will end up being the minorities in Nigeria, where you are the treasure base (Monkey de work Baboo dey chop).

Nelson Mandela paid the sacrifice of staying in jail for 27 years before Southafrica could be free.

how do you know SA is free?

4 what na ? It is so glaring that the government has got lots of money to waste , by the way what are they using to secure him ? All those toys they call guns when his got all the Karashimas in his house.

4 what na ? It is so glaring that the government has got lots of money to waste , by the way what are they using to secure him ? All those toys they call guns when his got all the Karashimas in his house.

@EZME
     TUMBS UP BRO,I SECCOND.
    IN THE CREEKS YOU CAN EVEN HEAR IJAW NAMES LIKE,LOOK- RIGHT,LOOK-SOMEBODY,AND EVEN ,JANUARY,FEBUARY, MARCH,APRIL,MAY,JUNE,JULY,AUGUST,SEPTEMBER,OCTOBER,NOVEMBER,DECEMBER,EVEN PRESIDENT-ELECT AND GOVERNOR.HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
SO GOVERMENT SHOULD NOT SOUND STRANGE IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE NAMES.