₦airaland Forum

My Letter To Government Ekpemukpolo (A.K.A Tompolo).

I, Sapele Olofofo Unugbragada Avenue,
Sapele, Delta State.

Before I start I have a few questions for you sir.

1. Where did the Niger Delta Struggle go to in the last 6 years?

2. Why is there so much vandalization of oil facilities off late?

3. Is it true that you said the Federal Government can not arrest you? If it is true, I will advice you to have a rethink, because after God is government, and this is not Yaradua's or Goodlucks regme .

4. Is the allegations leveled on you true? If no, why have you not honoured your invitation, and if paraventure you went and they refused to show up, why can't you visit again after all you guys are very patient.

Thank you, permit me to roll in my mind on the issue on ground.

Before the emergence of
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as president, the likes of Ankio Briggs, Asari Dokubo, Opunabo
Nkot 'Tariah, Ledum Metee, Edwin Clark etc were always on Television telling Nigerians and
the world how the South-South has been marginalized by the North and the West despite
her oil.

By divine and metaphysical error,
Goodluck Jonathan from the South-South, the presumed Nazareth of Nigeria became the
president of Nigeria after
President Umaru Yaradua's death in 2009.

His emergence came as a joyous daybreak to end our age-long
marginalization .

There was a beacon light of hope for my region. Immediately, the Niger Delta struggle stumbled and died or gone Comatose.

The Niger Delta activists mentioned above became
Jonathan's spokespersons and abandoned the struggle.

In 2011, Nigerians, Hausa,
Yoruba, Igbo, Christians and muslims voted massively for Jonathan.

Thereafter, administrative thieves were appointed Ministers and head of federal institutions,

- Convicted criminals received presidential pardon.

- Militants were given contracts running into billions of Naira.

- Impunity and corruption
became the norm.

All these and many more
replaced the Niger Delta struggle for resource control.


The need for constant electricity, portable water, good health facilities, good road network, massive manpower
development etc went into oblivion.

Even the recent Ogoni UNEP report that would have changed the live of an average Ogoni man was not implemented by their regional brother - president.

Recall that NDDC was established by Olusegun Obasanjo a Yoruba man.

Ministry of Niger and Amnesty Office was established by Late,
President Umaru Musa Yaradua, a Northerner.

Regrettably, this two federal agencies including NIMASA and NNPC became conduit pipes for
Jonathan's Wife, Nyesom Wike, Deziani Allison, Godswill Apkabio and many cronies of Jonathan
to rape and siphon funds meant for the development of the Niger
Delta region.

Credibility died. Equity died. Competence died.

Due process died. Conscience died.

And the Niger Delta
struggle died in their son's hand.

Former Governor Rotimi
Amaechi, knowing that the South - South may not have the opportunity of Producing the
President of Nigeria again cried out and they called him a betrayer.

They fought him with federal might and pushed him out of PDP, a replicate of what Joseph's brothers did when they sold him to the Ishmelites. But today Amaechi is laughing because they pushed him to stardom.

Even the East/ West road that was awarded by former President Obasanjo and inherited by
Yaradua and later Jonathan is still not completed.

Bayelsa State today does not have an airport or a strong federal government institution that can generate employment
opportunities for Bayelsa youths.

Few months to the Presidential election, Ankio Briggs, Asari Dokubo, Edwin Clark, Nyesom Wike, Tompolo Government, Kingsley Kuku, etc awaken the
Niger Delta struggle.

What a shame?


What an irony? For five years nobody heard them because they were swimming and sleeping on money.

When Goodluck Ebele Jonathan eventually contested and lost the 2015 Presidential election to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the APC,
the House of Assembly of all South-South states became a
compensation point for militants ( Former and Active).

Everything was done with the police and INEC to ensure that cronies of Jonathan and his wife were declared winners of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the South-
South especially Rivers State and Bayelsa.

And if Jonathan had won the last election and ruled for another ten years, there won't be any hope for the actualization of the Niger Delta Struggle.

Go to Oloibiri and other villages in Ijaw land and see the level of environmental degradation yet
their son was president of Nigeria for six years.

People are living a stone-age life over there, no land to build a house, no pipe burn water, no hospital, no school and no road yet some people will seat in Abuja and Portharcourt collecting billions of Naira as Champions of the Niger Delta struggle.

As I pen down my thought, I know that we have eaten our cake and we may not have it back.

We had the opportunity but we messed it up.

If President Buhari remembers us, good, but if he forgets us, I will not complain.


And those who has decided to go back to the creeks and mangroves of Niger Delta to resume the
armed struggle and hostilities; should know that President Buhari has enough shoes to match them unlike Jonathan
who has no shoes.

Niger Delta will not boil, Tompolo should do the needful by making himself available for interrogation, if he is clean he would be left alone..

arresa:
You little essay remains meaningless to me and Like I said, God didn't answer your evil prayers for GEJ to remain in office for obvious reasons like the sad and shameful episode we are discussing here.
Nigerians kicked GEJ/Your crooked, corrupt and incompetent hero out of office and with what we read everyday especially about how he stole our money and gave it to Dasuki to share with his cronies while our fellow country folks including our men and women in uniform needlessly perished on the battlefield because of lust for power, greed, corruption and incompetence..
You are a reflection of what's bad, odious and destructive about Nigeria

light004:
Great mind discuss issues while fiddle minds discuss people. I hope you could at least discuss intelligently but unfortunately, I overrated you. Jonathan is history as it concern being president and get that to you block head by facing reality. Nothing can change history because it's is the past and will remain there.
You obviously in your warped mind is the reflection of the good in Nigeria; no wonder Nigeria is the way it's today. I feel pity for you. You need education and the earlier your realized this.... The better for your generation. Keep shouting and blaming Jonathan, that will surely bring jobs, electricity and return dollar to N1.

arresa:
To a large extent, I hold OBJ responsible for most of our problems, he sold us out twice. He rigged the NPN and the grossly corrupt Shagari regime into power, they he turned around and lead the same people into power in 1999.

Instead of learning from his past errors, he the the unthinkable by placing GEJ near the seat of power.

Knowing GEJ even back in Bayelsa was one of the most corrupt people in Nigeria with his BOSS, Alams who GEJ later convincingly pardoned.

Unfortunately for Nigeria and Nigerians, he realized his errors way too late and we are suffering deadly the consequences now.





That woman screwed us up big time. She basically looked the other way while GEJ and his gang raped us. This woman had no clue or did but intentionally for whatever reason decided not to do anything, speak up or raise a finger to protect us.


She was in charge of our money, but the fact that nearly all the money generating federal agencies were not depositing our money into the federal account didn't bother her and she did nothing about it, she did not even know billions was missing till SLS spoke up.

This Arms money we are talking about was illegally given to Dasuki by this woman and after giving him the money, she waived accountability or any knowledge hos the money was spent or was supposed to be spent.

She's now gone and moved on to her next push money making job while Nigerians suffers and clean up her mess..

arresa:
New and better MI-35 cost 35 million, but these evil and deadly unpatriotic clowns embezzled $134 million for 2 used and worthless helicopters that our innocent pilots really paid for with their lives..


Firing squad is the best judgement I see for these evil men...

TheFreeOne:
Is that all you got? If you have sense you'll change your moniker.

doctokwus:
Devils.
May they be hunted by the spirits of the fine airfocce fighter pilots they sent on a suicide mission.
Even in prison may they be so traumatised till they run mad.
Imagine ordering pilots to fly unserviceable aircraft. Is that not the height of wickedness?Yet they want to enjoy their freedom and the looted funds while fine officers lie 6feet below, it is not possible!

TheFreeOne:
Keep shouting Yams whilst the economy collapses. You better work more/seek opportunities to better your lot than get carried away with these telemundos.
Ode.

TheFreeOne:
One day One sensationalism.
This govt should get to work on the economy.

jaymejate:
[size=16pt]. Chai this man no get shame [/size]

vedaxcool:
Hopefully Nigerians will key in.

vedaxcool:
The policy makes sense, we should grow our manufacturing base.

Posters Comments:
It appears life takes us in cycles. Buharinomics was introduced in 1984 to stop capital flight and fiscal indiscipline from Shagari's 2nd Republic but was truncated early by IBB in 1985 who followed IMF's prescribed SAP to conclusion.

SAP brought Naira devaluation, destroyed the Nigeria middle class and increased import dependence in the early 1990s.

If Buharinomics was executed to conclusion under Gen. Buhari in the 1980s, maybe Nigeria would have become a sulf sufficent country in manufacturing and service provision with little dependence on importation of essential commodities; and over reliance on crude oil for national income.

We have come full cycle again and have at least 4 years to prove or disprove that Buharinomics is the answer to Nigeria's problems.

God bless Nigerians.