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A group of intellectuals in Ibadan,The Trenchard Tank, has thrown its weight behind former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, while calling on the President Buhari-led administration to “soft-pedal on its grievances against Tompolo.” Addressing newsmen, on Wednesday, in Ibadan, the group through its spokesman, Damilola …

The Niger Delta region was on the verge of full scale war on Saturday after unrestrained attacks on oil facilities by armed youths believed to be loyalists of leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo). It was gathered that Saturday’s …