Embattled ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias
Tompolo, said yesterday, that his family and associates were under
siege by security agents, who allegedly treated roughly his 84-year-old
father, in Kurutie community, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local
Government, resulting in the amputation of his lower limbs, two weeks
ago.
Tompolo, in an open letter to President Muhammadu
Buhari, which he indicated might be his last, said the continuous
harassment and intimidation was getting out of hand, and he does not
deserve it.
He said after the military invaded Kurutie
and brutalized his father, sympathizers managed to rescue him to Warri,
where the hospital admitted him.
“Sadly,
one of his lower limbs was amputated two weeks ago. From the doctor’s
report, it will be a thing of miracle if he survives this incident. Is
this 84- year- old man also a member of the Niger Delta Avengers that
they brutalized to the point of death,?” he asked.
He
alleged that the harassment and intimidation was carried out by the
Nigeria Army, Navy and Department of State Services, DSS, in connivance
with two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta
State, Chief Ayiri Emami and Chief Michael Johnny.
“I
have not heard of anyone that was treated like this even in the
volatile North Eastern part of the country. I have said it in many
occasions that the issue i am having with the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) will not lead to violence or resort to
destruction of pipelines and other oil facilities, because I have a good
case,” he maintained.