As
the EFCC seeks permission to consolidate moves to smoke out Chief
Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo by confiscating his
properties, we can disclose that the former militant is currently
being harbored by the Delta State government.
Tompolo,
who has two arrest warrants and was declared wanted by the EFCC was
sighted in the home of Delta State Deputy Governor in Asaba, on
Wednesday 17th February and he's believed to still be there.
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) want Tompolo for a 49
counts charge including the diversion of N45.9 billion Naira. The
EFCC has filed 49 charges against Tompolo that includes conspiracy
and diversion of funds belonging to NIMASA but has failed to make
himself available as ordered by the court.
Also,
the EFCC, Thursday, sought an order to seize properties belonging to
the embattled ex-militant's Property at No. 1 Chief Agbamu Close DDPA
Extension Warri (Effurun), Delta State.
Other
major properties being sought by the EFCC for confiscation are:
(i)All
properties of Mieka Dive Ltd and Mieka Dive Training Institute Ltd
situated at No. 77, Lioth Street, ODPA Ugborikoko, Uvwie Local
Government Area, Delta State.
(ii)
All properties of Global West Vessel Specialist Ltd.
(iii)
All properties of Muhaabix Global Services Ltd.
(iv)
A River Crew Change Boat named MUHA – 15
(v)
The property known as “Tompolo Dockyard”, by the end of Enerhen
Road, Effurun, Warri.
(vi)The
property known as “Tompolo Yard”, at the end of Chevron Clinic
Road, next to Next Oil, Edjeba, Warri.
(vii)
The Diving School at Kurutie, at Escravos River.
(viii)
The property known as “Tompolo House” at Oporaza Town, opposite
the Palace.
(ix)
Any other property discovered by the Economic And Financial Crimes
Commission, moveable and immoveable, belonging to the 1st Accused
person.
Since
he was declared wanted, security agents have traced the ex-militant
who hails from Okerenkoko, Gbaramutu Kingdom in the Warri South-West
Local Government Area of Delta State, to his last known address at
No. 1, Chief Agbanu Street, DDPA Extension, Warri, Delta State, but
he was nowhere to be found.
However,
sources close to Kingsley Otauro claim that Tompolo is hiding in his
house. They assert that Tompolo also rides with the deputy governor’s
convoy to avoid been detected by security operatives who are on the
lookout for him.
The
Deputy Governor's motorcade covers Tompolo, because security agents
do not stop and search it, our sources said.
It
is believed that the Otauro is protecting Tompolo as pay back
for handpicking
him for his current position.
Bar. Otauro
was instrumental in sealing a 10 year deal between Global West Vessel
Specialist Limited (GWVSL) and the Nigerian Maritime and Security
Agency (NIMASA). The deal was said to worth $103.4 million
(N39.64billion
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