- Some students have staged a protest in Warri, Delta state
- The students urged the federal governmnet to squash the charges against former Niger Delta militant Government 'Tompolo' Ekpemupolo
- The students in their scores said they have all benefited from the educational scholarship program of the Tompolo foundation
Some students from the Niger Delta have called on the federal government to drop all the charges against former militant, Government 'Tompolo' Ekpemupolo.
The students during a protest in Warri, the capital city of Delta asked the federal government to squash all the charges against him.
The students under the aegis of National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) and Law Students Association of Nigerian Students, Delta State University chapter, said they have all benefited from the educational scholarship program of the Tompolo foundation.
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They also urged the federal government to encourage the former militant to invest more rather than prosecute him.
One of the students, a beneficiary of the United Kingdom Master’s programmes sponsored by Tompolo asked the Nigerian government to do what was needful in developing the region.
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“The government is only witch-hunting him, they have no issues tangible against him. Tompolo is our saviour in the region. He knows the importance of education and has fought to give it to us," the beneficiary said.
Another student, Rachel Briyai, describing the charges levelled against Tompolo as ‘frivolous' said he wants development and growth in the region to be encouraged by the government.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that Tompolo had issued a statement of threat to President Muhammadu Buhari.
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The former Niger Delta militant warned the president against toying with the affairs of the region.
Tompolo had said in a statement: “Well, I am sure this is what President Buhari is looking for. He should allow the people of the Niger Delta Region to know peace, otherwise he will not know peace as well.”
Tompolo chided the federal government for deploying military houseboats, gunships and fighter jets to the Niger Delta; saying it would not solve the region’s problems.
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Source: Naija.ng