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Norway regrets selling warships to ex-Niger Delta militant, Tompolo

May 3, 2015 by akpabio 0 Comments

Norwegian Defence Chief, Haakon Bruun-Hansen, an admiral, has apologised to the country’s lawmakers for the sale of a fleet of a decommissioned naval battleships and combats boats to a former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo. Mr. Ekpemupolo was the leader of one of the several militias in the Niger Delta region […]

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Alleged Purchase Of War Boats: I’m Being Blackmailed – Tompolo

December 15, 2014 by Delia Innoma 0 Comments

  Former leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) High Chief Government Ekpemupolo has raised the alarm that politicians are out to tarnish his image as the 2015 election approaches even though he is not a politician. The former Niger Delta militant, otherwise known as Tompolo was reacting to media […]

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Norway sells warships, combat boats to ex-militant leader, Tompolo

December 14, 2014 by Delia Innoma 1 Comment

In a shocking move, the Norwegian government has sold a fleet of its decommissioned, but still sophisticated, battleships and combat boats to a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, who for years led a devastating insurgency against the Nigerian government in the oil-rich region, a Norwegian newspaper reported Saturday. As a leader of the […]

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