A former Niger Delta militant, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, alia Tompolo, has bought seven decommissioned Norwegian battleships.
Reports by a Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet, said that the fast-speed Hauk-class guided missile boats had been re-armed with new weaponry.
The report also revealed that Ekpemupolo’s most recent purchase is a KNM Horten, a fast-attack craft now used in fighting piracy in Nigeria’s waterways.
It was learnt that in spite of his alleged history of violence, Tompolo, now controls the Global West Vessel Service, a privately owned contractor for maritime security for the Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency.
Buying arms from Norway requires an export license from Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ships were reportedly sold first to CAS Global, a British security company that has such a license, after which Ekpemupolo reportedly bought the ships from the British company.
Dagblade reported that the seven Norwegian ships are now part of the company’s maritime fleet patrolling under a contract for the Federal Government. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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A man with a history of violence should be kept away from arms at all cost. Now we cannot afford to see GEJ lose neither can we afford another Buhari loss. We are caught between a rock and a hard place.
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DeleteBenet Asuku is absulutely right,but God of heaven &earth in his mercy will oneday deliver this country.
ReplyDeleteBenet dont be a coward Buhari cannot do anything. GEJ is the right choice.
ReplyDeleteBenet Asuku,Thanks 4 ur deep thought 4 Nigeria.God will guide us right.Amina.
ReplyDeleteEx-millitant purchasing warship all in the name of business. Very dangerous arms in the hand of a terrorist. And fg is watching. FG is really aiding some people to making this country ungovernable.
ReplyDeleteOh boy if we vote out jona we will be without our easy oil. To have buhari and no oil is not an option. Naija deltans have to be appeased as we do not have the will to find any alternative. Make una tink am well oh before we go see say Eko get emir instead of Oba
ReplyDeleteThis is why we strongly believe GEJ is a weak, clueless individual who believes in appeasing terrorists and political thieves for his survival. Tompolo, a person known to be very violent should never be anywhere close to arms or government, but here is he going buying weapons with ease to do what!!? with it.
ReplyDeleteWhy that this administration can't get anything right? Allowing a renounce militant with possession of such sophisticated weapon is so unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteTampolo asare GEJ pasto ayo are the BK haram seponsure
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck is wrong with NE, your reportage is enmeshed with inconsistency. You made the story to look as if Tompolo bought the gun boat from Norway directly for sinister intentionsf, eventually you said from A British security company and finally you said the boat was meant to aid the activities of Tompolos security company which was contracted by FG to provide maritime security at the Niger Delta. Why???? Pls dont add more trouble to our fragile peace.
ReplyDeleteOne riff raff could successfully and legally as it seems secure the purchase of such weapons and Nigeria can't. What a government.
ReplyDeleteThis is exclusive preserve of the military and no private security company is allowed to be so armed. If the story is true, those warships should be recovered from him as soon as they arrive the Nigeria's shore. No warships except NN warships are allowed to sail on Nigeria's waters. It's therefore dangerous to allow an individual own such a fleet ofwarships. ab
ReplyDeleteThey will all fail. This is nonsense and Nigerians will never be intimidated. It's sad that when two elephants fight, it's grass that suffer. Whoever God wants to rule Nigerians will emerge a clear winner victoriously. Please let's all live in peace.
ReplyDeleteA militant can purchase arms while Nigerian government cannot purcase arms to fight boko haram, they are blaming USA of not selling arms to them, fools. GEJ has failed Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteMay God Protect us from them with what You choose.
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ReplyDeleteDats a niz development, amodu's arms are cooling now in chad nd if l may ask, what's wrong with tompolo having those warships for effective results since he's a nigerian contractor in charge of sea activities afterall, fg seized a plane loaded with arms imported by a nigerian nd later released it to the owner, why is this one exception?. If l have my way, l will get mine since 2015 is fast around nd bokoharam is seriously disturbing. If ur not happy wit tompolo, go nd have undisturbed sleep.
ReplyDeleteThe Niger Deltans managed by default to get to rule after 54 years even though they feed the Federal Government and you don't want then to rule for only 2 terms? Do you think it will be export oil if they are unseated? You are rather naive.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Democrat its a shame and a disappointment that you can pen down such comments Knowing the current state of the nation. Please lets leave sentiments out of our discussions and face facts. Are we moving forward as a country? or how far has the GEJ government benefited the niger deltans in the past 6 years? Open your eyes.
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