Three suspected associates of runaway ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo,were released a fortnight ago in Warri, Delta State by Nigeria Army.
They were apprehended on suspicion that they have link with the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA and know the whereabouts of the runaway ex-militant leader.
Two of the suspects, Simeone Bebenimibo, a member of the Delta Waterways and Land Security Committee, DWLSC, Warri and Bomby Oluba hail from Okerenkoko community, Gbaramatu kingdom in the state.
The other, Ayiri, an Itsekiri, is a driver to the Chief Security Officer, CSO, to Tompolo, Ebipade Kari.
Tompolo who cried out, last week, in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, said that his family and associates were under siege by the army, navy and DSS, while his 84-year-old father, Chief Thomas Ekpemupolo, brutalized by soldiers had his leg amputated recently by doctors to save his life.
He pointed fingers at two APC politicians in the state, who he said were working in connivance with security agents to tarnish his image because of their greed for money and pipeline contracts.
His family in a statement by Frank Ekpemupolo also complained concerning the continued military assault and brutality on members, saying the witch-hunt of Tompolo by APC leaders in the area does not represent national interest.
The family appealed to President Buhari “to put to an end these political and military madness directed at the Niger Delta and Ekpemupolo’s family in particular.”
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