President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has awarded Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, a pipeline surveillance contract. The former militant
Youths from across the Niger Delta area of Nigeria have been trooping into Oporoza, the ancestral headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri West Local Government Area of Delta state and the home of a former militant leader and Commander of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo. It was learnt that Tompolo already met with some ex-agitators and youth leaders in oil-rich communities in Niger Delta for enlistment to safeguard oil pipelines.