Thomas Osen Ekpemupolo, father of ex-Niger Delta militant
leader, Government Ekpemupolo, otherwise known as Tompolo, is dead.
The man who was 84-year old had one of his appendages cut
off in July after he was supposedly brutalized by fighters in Kurutie, Warri
South-West Local Government Area, Delta State.
A source revealed to Vanguard that Pa Thomas passed on in
the early hours of Wednesday at Lily Hospital in Warri South local government area,
Warri.
Until his demise, he was the Tunteriwei of Gbaramatu
kingdom, Warri South-West local government area, with traditional central
command in Oporoza.
Responding, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, said that it got
the sad news with stun.
Eric Omare, the IYC representative expressed that The demise
is sad and excruciating, particularly considering the way that he passed on
affliction from the wounds maintained while running from military frenzy on
Kurutie people group, Gbaramatu Kingdom, early this year.
“Indeed, Chief Ekpemupolo is a victim of military unlawful
invasion of innocent people and communities of the Niger Delta region in the
name of looking for militants. Chief Ekpemupolo has paid the supreme price for
the Niger Delta people and cause.
“The IYC sympathizes with the Ekpemupolo family, the
Gbaramatu Kingdom and the Ijaw nation on this untimely death. However, the
struggle for the betterment of the Niger Delta people continues.”
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