Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari over his involvement in the alleged N34 billion NIMASA fraud.

In an open letter to the president and
personally signed by him, Tompolo denied
involvement in the alleged N34 billion
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety
Agency (NIMASA) fraud.
Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), in a
letter to President Muhammadu Buhari has
denied involvement in the alleged N34B
NIMASA fraud.
He said: “The truth of the matter is that I do
not know anything about the 34 billion naira
EFCC is talking about. First, it was 13 billion
naira (N13bn) issue, now it is 34 billion naira
(N34bn).
“I am not a signatory to any of the companies
mentioned in the said N34bn case, so I do
not know where this one is coming from.”
Tompolo is being arraigned in connection with
a multi-billion naira fraud involving a land
deal with the Federal government.
The Federal High Court in Lagos had ordered
Tompolo to appear before it to face a 40-
count charge of alleged N13bn fraud levelled
against him by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Buba also granted leave to the EFCC to
serve Tompolo the summons and charge
number FHC/L/553/2015 through substituted
mean, by “affixing same on the conspicuous
part of his known address situated at 1 Chief
Agbanu DDPA Extension Warri, Dalton state”.
The judge issued the summons following an
application filed by the EFCC through its
lawyer, Rotimi Oyedipo, alleging that they not
been able to serve his with a copy of the
charge.
Tompolo was also alongside accused with the
former director-general of the NIMASA Patrick
Akpobolokemi of diverting N34 billion which
accrued from the public private partnership
agreement between NIMASA and Global West
Vessel Specialist Limited for personal use.
Yesterday, January 16, a report on Daily Post
had showed a statement of threat to President
Muhammadu Buhari issued by Tompolo.
Reacting to allegations that he attacked oil
installations in Warri area of Delta state,
a statement issued by Tompolo’s media aide,
Paul Bebenimibo, reads in part: “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.”