Tompolo
Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (born 1971) predominantly referred to by his sobriquet Tompolo is a former Nigerian militant commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and the chief priest of the Egbesu deity, which is the Niger-Deltan god of war.
Tompolo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo April 12, 1971 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Known for | Former militant leader and past commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta |
Tompolo was awarded a contract of ₦40 billion for surveillance work on an oil pipeline by NNPC. Separately, he was declared wanted in 2009 and also in 2015 by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, making him a government contractor while also on the most wanted list of Nigeria's anti-corruption agency.
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